World English Bible
"The king commanded, and they cut out great stones, costly stones, to lay the foundation of the house with worked stone."
— 1 Kings 5:17, World English Bible
“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. ”
“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.”
He sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month by courses; a month they were in Lebanon, and two months at home; and Adoniram was over the men subject to forced labor.
Solomon had seventy thousand who bore burdens, and eighty thousand who were stone cutters in the mountains;
besides Solomon's chief officers who were over the work, three thousand and three hundred, who bore rule over the people who labored in the work.
The king commanded, and they cut out great stones, costly stones, to lay the foundation of the house with worked stone.
Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders and the Gebalites did fashion them, and prepared the timber and the stones to build the house.