1 Kings 5:17
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And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones and hewn stones, to lay the foundation of the house.
And the king commanded, and they hewed out great stones, costly stones, to lay the foundation of the house with wrought stone.
The king gave orders, and they quarried great stones, valuable stones, to lay the foundation of the house (temple) with cut stones.
The king commanded, and they hewed and brought out great, costly stones in order to lay the foundation of the house with dressed stone.
And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house.
The king commanded them to quarry large, costly stones to lay the foundation of the temple with dressed stones.
At the king’s command, they quarried huge stones of the finest quality in order to lay the temple’s foundation with carefully cut stone.
“You know that David my father wasn’t able to build a house for the name of Adonai his God, because of the wars that beset him from every side, until Adonai put his enemies under the soles of my feet.
He ordered the workers to cut and shape large blocks of good stone for the foundation of the temple.
And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, hewn stones, to lay the foundation of the house.
And the king commanded, that they should bring great stones, costly stones, for the foundation of the temple, and should square them:
King Solomon commanded them to cut large, expensive stones for the foundation of the Temple.
The king commanded the workers to cut large pieces of stone from the rocks. They cut the best stones into the right shape to build the foundation of the temple.
The king gave a command, and they quarried large, high-quality stones to serve as a foundation for the temple building, which was made of trimmed stones.
At the king's command they quarried out great, costly stones in order to lay the foundation of the house with dressed stones.
At the king's command they quarried out great, costly stones in order to lay the foundation of the house with dressed stones.
King Solomon commanded them to cut large blocks of ·fine [costly; high-quality] stone to ·be used for the foundation of the Temple [lay the foundation of the house with dressed/cut stone].
And the King commanded them, and they brought great stones and costly stones to make the foundations of the house, even hewed stones.
The king commanded them to quarry large, expensive blocks of stone in order to provide a foundation of cut stone for the temple.
At King Solomon's command they cut fine large stones for the foundation of the Temple.
The king commanded them to quarry large, costly stones to lay the foundation of the temple with dressed stones.
King Solomon commanded them to cut large blocks of fine stone. These were to be used for the foundation of the Temple.
The king specified that large, expensive stones be quarried so the foundation of the Temple could be laid with cut stones.
And the king commanded that they bring great stones, costly stones, for the foundation of the house, and hewed stones.
And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house.
And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house.
Then the king commanded, and they quarried great stones, precious stones, to lay the foundation of the house with cut stones.
When the king commanded, they quarried great stones and precious stones to lay the foundation of the house with hewn stones.
The stonecutters quarried and shaped huge blocks of stone—a very expensive job—for the foundation of the Temple.
King Solomon raised a workforce of thirty thousand men from all over Israel. He sent them in shifts of ten thousand each month to the Lebanon forest; they would work a month in Lebanon and then be at home two months. Adoniram was in charge of the work crew. Solomon also had seventy thousand unskilled workers and another eighty thousand stonecutters up in the hills—plus thirty-three hundred foremen managing the project and supervising the work crews. Following the king’s orders, they quarried huge blocks of the best stone—dressed stone for the foundation of The Temple. Solomon and Hiram’s construction workers, assisted by the men of Gebal, cut and prepared the timber and stone for building The Temple.
At the king’s command, they quarried out great, costly stones in order to lay the foundation of the house with dressed stones.
The king commanded them to quarry large, expensive blocks of stone in order to provide a foundation of cut stone for the temple.
“You know that David my father, because of the wars that beset him, could not build a house for the name of the Lord his God until such time as the Lord should put his enemies under the soles of his feet.
Then the king issued orders, and they quarried large stones, valuable stones, to lay the foundation of the house with cut stones.
Then the king commanded, and they quarried great stones, costly stones, to lay the foundation of the house with cut stones.
The king gave orders, and they prepared huge, costly stones to lay the foundation of the temple with hewn stones.
King Solomon commanded them to cut large blocks of fine stone to be used for the foundation of the Temple.
By royal order they supplied large valuable stones in order to build the temple’s foundation with chiseled stone.
The people did what the king commanded. They removed large blocks of the best quality stone from a rock pit. They used them to provide a foundation for the temple.
At the king’s command they removed from the quarry large blocks of high-grade stone to provide a foundation of dressed stone for the temple.
At the king’s command they removed from the quarry large blocks of high-grade stone to provide a foundation of dressed stone for the temple.
And the king commanded them to quarry large stones, costly stones, and hewn stones, to lay the foundation of the temple.
Then as the king told them, they cut out large stones of much worth for the house of God to be built on.
At the king’s command, they quarried large blocks of high-quality stone and shaped them to make the foundation of the Temple.
At the king’s command, they quarried out great, costly stones in order to lay the foundation of the house with dressed stones.
At the king’s command, they quarried out great, costly stones in order to lay the foundation of the house with dressed stones.
At the king’s command, they quarried out great, costly stones in order to lay the foundation of the house with dressed stones.
At the king’s command, they quarried out great, costly stones in order to lay the foundation of the house with dressed stones.
Thou knowest how that Dovid Avi could not build Bayit unto the Shem of Hashem Elohav due to the milchamah which was about him on every side, until Hashem put them under the kappot (soles) of his raglayim.
At the king’s command, they quarried out great, costly stones in order to lay the foundation of the house with dressed stones.
At the king’s command, they quarried out great, costly stones in order to lay the foundation of the house with dressed stones.
“You know how my father David could not build a House for the Name of Adonai his God because of the wars around him on every side, until Adonai put them under the soles of my feet.
The king gave instructions, and the workers laid the giant, expensive stones to form the foundation of the temple.
The king commanded, and they cut out large stones, costly stones, to lay the foundation of the house with worked stone.
And the king commanded, that they should take great stones, and precious stones/heavy stones, into the foundament of the temple, (And the king commanded, that they should cut great fine stones/great heavy stones, for the foundation of the Temple,)
And the king commandeth, and they bring great stones, precious stone, to lay the foundation of the house, hewn stones;
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