King James Version
1 Kings 5:17 in the King James Version says “And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the hou...” — study this verse from 1 Kings chapter 5 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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 · KJV
And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains;
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.
And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house.
And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders did hew them, and the stonesquarers: so they prepared timber and stones to build the house. stonesquares: or, Giblites
KJV Study — Public Domain
“and they brought”
H5265properly, to pull up, especially the tent-pins, i.e., start on a journey
“to lay the foundation”
H3245to set (literally or figuratively); intensively, to found; reflexively, to sit down together, i.e., settle, consult
“of the house”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
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