1 Kings 5:17

Catholic Public Domain Version

And the king ordered them to bring great stones, precious stones, for the foundation of the temple, and to square them.

Cross References

2 Samuel 22:39

I will consume them and break them apart, so that they cannot rise up; they will fall under my feet.

2 Samuel 7:5

"Go, and say to my servant David: 'Thus says the Lord: Should you build a house for me as a dwelling place?

1 Kings 6:7

Now the house, while it was being built, was made from cut and finished stones. And so, neither mallet, nor chisel, nor any tool of iron was heard in the house while it was being built.

1 Kings 7:9

All was of precious stones, which had been sawed by a particular standard and measure, as much within as without, from the foundation even to the summit of the walls, and outside even to the great atrium.

1 Chronicles 22:2

And he instructed them to gather all the new converts from the land of Israel. And from these he appointed stoneworkers, to hew stones and to polish them, so that he might build the house of God.

1 Chronicles 22:8

But the word of the Lord came to me, saying: 'You have shed much blood, and you have battled in many wars. You are not able to build a house to my name, so great was the shedding of blood before me.

Isaiah 28:16

For this reason, thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will set a stone within the foundations of Zion, a tested stone, a cornerstone, a precious stone, which has been established in the foundation: whoever trusts in him need not hurry.