Catholic Public Domain Version
"And the king ordered them to bring great stones, precious stones, for the foundation of the temple, and to square them. "
— 1 Kings 5:17, Catholic Public Domain Version
“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 hewed out great stones, costly stones, to lay the foundation of the house with wrought stone. ”
“The king commanded, and they cut out great stones, costly stones, to lay the foundation of the house with worked stone.”
“By royal order they supplied large valuable stones in order to build the temple’s foundation with chiseled stone.”
“And the king commanded that they should bring great stones, costly stones, for the foundation of the temple, and should square them:”
“By the king's orders great stones, stones of high price, were cut out, so that the base of the house might be made of squared stone.”
“And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house.”
And he sent them into Lebanon, ten thousand each month, in turns, so that for two months they were in their own houses. And Adoniram was over this type of conscription.
And Solomon had seventy thousand of those who were carrying burdens, and eighty thousand of those who cut stones from the mountain,
aside from the commanders who were over each work, in number three thousand and three hundred, who gave orders to the people and to those who were doing the work.
And the king ordered them to bring great stones, precious stones, for the foundation of the temple, and to square them.
And these were shaped by the stoneworkers of Solomon and the stoneworkers of Hiram. And the men of Gebal also prepared the wood and the stones in order to build the house.