1 Kings 5:17

1 Kings 5:17 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house.
• New International Version (NIV)At the king’s command they removed from the quarry large blocks of high-grade stone to provide a foundation of dressed stone for the temple.
• English Standard Version (ESV)At the king's command they quarried out great, costly stones in order to lay the foundation of the house with dressed stones.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And the king commanded them to quarry large stones, costly stones, and hewn stones, to lay the foundation of the temple.

Context of 1 Kings 5:17

15And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains; 16Beside 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. 18And Solomon’s builders and Hiram’s builders did hew them, and the stonesquarers: so they prepared timber and stones to build the house.

1 Kings 5:17 word by word

וַיְצַ֣ו הַמֶּ֡לֶךְ וַיַּסִּעוּ֩ אֲבָנִ֨ים גְּדֹל֜וֹת אֲבָנִ֧ים יְקָר֛וֹת לְיַסֵּ֥ד הַבָּ֖יִת אַבְנֵ֥י גָזִֽית׃Read the interlinear

• And the kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• commandedצָוָהtsâvâh · to commandH6680
• and they broughtנָסַעnâsa‛ · to set outH5265
• greatגָּדוֹלgâdôl gâdôl · great: largeH1419
• stonesאֶ֫בֶן'eben · stoneH68
• costlyיָקָרyâqâr · preciousH3368
• hewedגָּזִיתgâzîyth · cuttingH1496
• to lay the foundationיָסַדyâsad · to foundH3245
• of the houseבֵּיתbayith · betweenH1004

Cross-references for 1 Kings 5:17

• 1 Kings 6:7And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither: so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.
• 1 Kings 7:9All these were of costly stones, according to the measures of hewed stones, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the foundation unto the coping, and so on the outside toward the great court.
• 1 Chronicles 22:2And David commanded to gather together the strangers that were in the land of Israel; and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of God.
• Isaiah 28:16Therefore thus saith the Lord Yhwh, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.
• 1 Corinthians 3:11For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
• 1 Peter 2:6Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Zion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded.
• Revelation 21:14And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

Commentaries on 1 Kings 5:17

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17Great stones - Stones of very large dimensions. Costly stones - Stones that cost much labor and time to cut them out of the rock. Hewed stones - Everywhere squared and polished.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17Some of these “great, hewed (no and) stones,” are probably still to be seen in the place where they were set by Solomon‘s builders, at the southwestern angle of the wall of the Haram area in the modern Jerusalem. The largest found so far is 38 ft. 9 in. long, and weighs about 100 tons.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-18Verses 10-18 The temple was chiefly built by the riches and labour of Gentiles, which typified their being called into the church. Solomon commanded, and they brought costly stones for the foundation. Christ, who is laid for a Foundation, is a chosen and precious Stone. We should lay our foundation firm, and bestow most pains on that part of our religion which lies out of the sight of men. And happy those who, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17-18Workers likely cut large, high-quality stone blocks to size (see 1 Kings 7:10) in a quarry near Jerusalem (6:7). Handling these massive stones probably led Solomon to start using forced labor. The craftsmen included men from Gebal (Byblos), a port known for exporting timber, according to ancient Egyptian inscriptions.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1717. brought great stones--The stone of Lebanon is "hard, calcareous, whitish and sonorous, like free stone" [Shaw]. The same white and beautiful stone can be obtained in every part of Syria and Palestine. hewed stones--or neatly polished, as the Hebrew word signifies (Ex 20:25). Both Jewish and Tyrian builders were employed in hewing these great stones.Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Kings 5:17

• House
• Stones
• Temple

In the dictionaries

• Levy
• Mason
• Phenicia
• Solomon
• Alliance
• Commerce
• Kings, Books of
• Tax; Taxing
• Temple
• Tyre

Commentaries on 1 Kings 5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings