1 Kings 5:17

New Century Version

King Solomon commanded them to cut large blocks of fine stone to be used for the foundation of the Temple.

Cross References

2 Samuel 22:39

I destroyed and crushed them so they couldn’t rise up again. They fell beneath my feet.

2 Samuel 7:5

“Go and tell my servant David, ‘This is what the Lord says: Will you build a house for me to live in?

1 Kings 6:7

The stones were prepared at the same place where they were cut from the ground. Since these stones were the only ones used to build the Temple, there was no noise of hammers, axes, or any other iron tools at the Temple.

1 Kings 7:9

All these buildings were made with blocks of fine stone. First they were carefully cut. Then they were trimmed with a saw in the front and back. These fine stones went from the foundations of the buildings to the top of the walls. Even the courtyard was made with blocks of stone.

1 Chronicles 22:2

So David ordered all foreigners living in Israel to gather together. From that group David chose stonecutters to cut stones to be used in building the Temple of God.

1 Chronicles 22:8

But the Lord spoke his word to me, ‘David, you have killed many people. You have fought many wars. You cannot build a temple for worship to me, because you have killed many people.

Isaiah 28:16

Because of these things, this is what the Lord God says: “I will put a stone in the ground in Jerusalem, a tested stone. Everything will be built on this important and precious rock. Anyone who trusts in it will never be disappointed.