Verse 17
1 Kings 5:17
New King James Version
17
And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones,
and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house.
Original Language Text
hebrew
אַתָּ֨ה יָדַ֜עְתָּ אֶת דָּוִ֣ד אָבִ֗/י כִּ֣י לֹ֤א יָכֹל֙ לִ/בְנ֣וֹת בַּ֗יִת לְ/שֵׁם֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהָ֔י/ו מִ/פְּנֵ֥י הַ/מִּלְחָמָ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר סְבָבֻ֑/הוּ עַ֤ד תֵּת יְהוָה֙ אֹתָ֔/ם תַּ֖חַת כַּפּ֥וֹת רגל/ו רַגְלָֽ/י
English Translation
You have known that David my father could not build a house for the name of the Lord my God because of the war that surrounded him until the Lord put them under the soles of his feet.
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Chapter 5 Context
1
And Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants unto Solomon; for he had heard that they had anointed him k...
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2
And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying,
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3
Thou knowest how that David my father could not build an house unto the name of the LORD his God (El...
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4
But now the LORD my God (Elohim) hath given me rest on every side,
so that there is neither adversar...
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5
And, behold, I purpose to build an house unto the name of the LORD my God (Elohim), as the LORD spak...
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6
Now therefore command thou that they hew me cedar trees out of Lebanon; and my servants shall be wit...
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7
And it came to pass, when Hiram heard the words of Solomon, that he rejoiced greatly, and said, Bles...
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8
And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, I have considered the things which thou sentest to me for:
and I...
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9
My servants shall bring
them down from Lebanon unto the sea: and I will convey them by sea in floats...
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10
So Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees and fir trees
according to
all his desire.
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11
And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of wheat
for
food to his household, and twenty meas...
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12
And the LORD gave Solomon wisdom, as he promised him: and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon;...
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13
And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men.
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14
And he sent them to Lebanon ten thousand a month by courses: a month they were in Lebanon,
and two m...
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15
And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand hewers in the...
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16
Beside the chief of Solomon’s officers which
were over the work, three thousand and three hundred, w...
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17
And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones,
and hewed stones, to lay the f...
18
And Solomon’s builders and Hiram’s builders did hew
them,
and the stonesquarers: so they prepared t...
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