1 Kings 5:17

Easy To Read Version

King Solomon commanded them to cut out big, expensive stones to be the foundation for the temple. These stones were carefully cut.

Cross References

2 Samuel 22:39

I destroyed my enemies. I defeated them! They won’t get up again. Yes, my enemies fell under my feet.

2 Samuel 7:5

“Go and tell my servant David, ‘This is what the Lord says: You are not the person to build a house for me to live in.

1 Kings 6:7

The workers used large stones to build the walls. The workers cut the stones at the place where they got them out of the ground. So there was no noise of hammers, axes, or any other iron tools in the temple.

1 Kings 7:9

All of these buildings were made with expensive blocks of stone. These stones were cut to the right size with a saw. They were cut in the front and in the back. These expensive stones went from the foundation up to the top layer of the wall. Even the wall around the yard was made with expensive blocks of stone.

1 Chronicles 22:2

David gave an order for all foreigners living in Israel to be gathered together. David chose stonecutters {\cf2\super [232]} from that group of foreigners. Their job was to cut stones ready to be used for building God’s temple. {\cf2\super [233]}

1 Chronicles 22:8

But the Lord said to me, ‘David, you have fought many wars and you have killed many people. So you can’t build a temple for my name.

Isaiah 28:16

Because of those things, the Lord my Master says, “I will put a rock—a cornerstone—in the ground in Zion. {\cf2\super [259]} This will be a very precious stone. {\cf2\super [260]} Everything will be built on this very important rock. Any person that trusts \{in that rock\} will not be disappointed.