Bible verse
And the king commanded them to quarry large, costly stones to lay the foundation of the temple with dressed stones.
1 Kings 5:17 · BSB
The verses around it, from 1 Kings 5.
13 Then King Solomon conscripted a labor force of 30,000 men from all Israel.
14 He sent them to Lebanon in monthly shifts of 10,000 men, so that they would spend one month in Lebanon and two months at home. And Adoniram was in charge of the forced labor.
15 Solomon had 70,000 porters and 80,000 stonecutters in the mountains,
16 not including his 3,300 foremen who supervised the workers.
17 And the king commanded them to quarry large, costly stones to lay the foundation of the temple with dressed stones.
18 So Solomon’s and Hiram’s builders, along with the Gebalites, quarried the stone and prepared the timber and stone for the construction 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.
ASV
And the king commanded, and they hewed out great stones, costly stones, to lay the foundation of the house with wrought stone.
ERV
And the king commanded, and they hewed out great stones, costly stones, to lay the foundation of the house with wrought stone.
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