1 Kings 5:17 - Printer Friendly

ESV: At the king 's command they quarried out great, costly stones in order to lay the foundation of the house with dressed stones.

NIV: 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.

NASB: Then the king issued orders, and they quarried large stones, valuable stones, to lay the foundation of the house with cut stones.

CSB: The king commanded them to quarry large, costly stones to lay the foundation of the temple with dressed stones.

NLT: At the king’s command, they quarried large blocks of high-quality stone and shaped them to make the foundation of the Temple.

KJV: And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house.

NKJV: And the king commanded them to quarry large stones, costly stones, and hewn stones, to lay the foundation of the temple.

This was originally the first half of a combined text. First Kings records the end of David's reign and the rule of Solomon. After this, the kingdom is split in two. The northern nation of Israel no longer submits to the king of the southern nation, called Judah. The prophet Elijah first appears in this book. The kings mostly fail to honor the Lord. They participate in idolatry and other sins. This will eventually result in their conquest and exile, as depicted throughout the books of Chronicles.

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