1 Kings 5:17 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house.”
1 Kings 5:17 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
1 Kings 5:17 in 6 Bible Translations
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1 Kings 5:17 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“The king commanded, and they cut out large stones, costly stones, to lay the foundation of the house with worked stone.”
1 Kings 5:17 — World English Bible
1 Kings 5:17 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And the king commanded, and they hewed out great stones, costly stones, to lay the foundation of the house with wrought stone. ”
1 Kings 5:17 — American Standard Version
1 Kings 5:17 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And the king commandeth, and they bring great stones, precious stone, to lay the foundation of the house, hewn stones;”
1 Kings 5:17 — Young's Literal Translation
1 Kings 5:17 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, hewn stones, to lay the foundation of the house. ”
1 Kings 5:17 — Darby Translation
1 Kings 5:17 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And the King commanded them, and they brought great stones and costly stones to make the foundation of the house, euen hewed stones.”
1 Kings 5:17 — Geneva Bible
1 Kings 5:17 in Context — 1 Kings 5
15 And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains;
16 Beside the chief of Solomon’s officers which were over the work, three thousand and three hundred, which ruled over the people that wrought in the work.
17 And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house.
18 And Solomon’s builders and Hiram’s builders did hew them, and the stonesquarers: so they prepared timber and stones to build the house.
What Does 1 Kings 5:17 Mean?
1 Kings 5:17 is a verse from the Book of 1 Kings, part of the Old Testament. It appears in 1 Kings chapter 5. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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