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1 Kings 5:16-18
New American Standard Bible 1995
1 Kings 5:16-18
New American Standard Bible 1995
16 (A)besides Solomon’s 3,300 chief deputies who were over the [a]project and who ruled over the people who were doing the work. 17 Then (B)the king commanded, and they quarried great stones, costly stones, to lay the foundation of the house with cut stones. 18 So Solomon’s builders and [b]Hiram’s builders and (C)the Gebalites [c]cut them, and prepared the timbers and the stones to build the house.
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- 1 Kings 5:16 Lit work
- 1 Kings 5:18 Heb Hirom’s
- 1 Kings 5:18 Or chiseled
1 Kings 5:16-18
New International Version
1 Kings 5:16-18
New International Version
16 as well as thirty-three hundred[a] foremen(A) who supervised the project and directed the workers. 17 At the king’s command they removed from the quarry(B) large blocks of high-grade stone(C) to provide a foundation of dressed stone for the temple. 18 The craftsmen of Solomon and Hiram(D) and workers from Byblos(E) cut and prepared the timber and stone for the building of the temple.
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- 1 Kings 5:16 Hebrew; some Septuagint manuscripts (see also 2 Chron. 2:2,18) thirty-six hundred
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