1 Kings 5:17

Bible in Basic English (1941)

By the king's orders great stones, stones of high price, were cut out, so that the base of the house might be made of squared stone.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Chr 22:2 : 2 And David gave orders to get together all the men from strange lands who were in the land of Israel; and he put stone-cutters to work, cutting stones for building the house of God.
  • 1 Kgs 6:7 : 7 (And the stones used in the building of the house were squared at the place where they were cut out; there was no sound of hammer or axe or any iron instrument while they were building the house.)
  • 1 Kgs 7:9 : 9 All these buildings were made, inside and out, from base to crowning stone, and outside to the great walled square, of highly priced stone, cut to different sizes with cutting-instruments.
  • Isa 28:16 : 16 For this cause says the Lord God, See, I am placing in Zion as a base, a stone, a tested stone, an angle-stone which is certain and of great value: and he who has faith will not give way.
  • 1 Cor 3:11-12 : 11 For there is no other base for the building but that which has been put down, which is Jesus Christ. 12 But on the base a man may put gold, silver, stones of great price, wood, dry grass, cut stems;
  • 1 Pet 2:6-7 : 6 Because it is said in the Writings, See, I am placing a keystone in Zion, of great and special value; and the man who has faith in him will not be put to shame. 7 And the value is for you who have faith; but it is said for those without faith, The very stone which the builders put on one side, was made the chief stone of the building;
  • Rev 21:14-21 : 14 And the wall of the town had twelve bases, and on them the twelve names of the twelve Apostles of the Lamb. 15 And he who was talking with me had a gold measuring-rod to take the measure of the town, and of its doors, and its wall. 16 And the town is square, as wide as it is long; and he took the measure of the town with the rod, one thousand and five hundred miles: it is equally long and wide and high. 17 And he took the measure of its wall, one hundred and forty-four cubits, after the measure of a man, that is, of an angel. 18 And the building of its wall was of jasper, and the town was clear gold, clear as glass. 19 The bases of the wall of the town had ornaments of all sorts of beautiful stones. The first base was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, chalcedony; the fourth, emerald; 20 The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, topaz; the tenth, chrysoprase; the eleventh, jacinth; the twelfth, amethyst. 21 And the twelve doors were twelve pearls; every door was made of one pearl; and the street of the town was clear gold, as clear as glass.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Kgs 5:18
    90%

    18Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders did the work of cutting them, and put edges on them, and got the wood and the stone ready for the building of the house.

  • 1 Kgs 7:9-12
    4 verses
    81%

    9All these buildings were made, inside and out, from base to crowning stone, and outside to the great walled square, of highly priced stone, cut to different sizes with cutting-instruments.

    10And the base was of great masses of highly priced stone, some ten cubits and some eight cubits square.

    11Overhead were highly priced stones cut to measure, and cedar-wood.

    12The great outer square all round was walled with three lines of squared stones and a line of cedar-wood boards, round about the open square inside the house of the Lord and the covered room of the king's house.

  • 1 Chr 22:2
    81%

    2And David gave orders to get together all the men from strange lands who were in the land of Israel; and he put stone-cutters to work, cutting stones for building the house of God.

  • Ezra 6:4
    78%

    4With three lines of great stones and one line of new wood supports; and let the necessary money be given out of the king's store-house;

  • 2 Chr 34:11
    76%

    11Even to the woodworkers and builders to get cut stone and wood for joining the structure together and for making boards for the houses which the kings of Judah had given up to destruction.

  • 1 Kgs 5:15-16
    2 verses
    76%

    15Then he had seventy thousand for the work of transport, and eighty thousand stone-cutters in the mountains;

    16In addition to the chiefs of the responsible men put by Solomon to oversee the work, three thousand and three hundred in authority over the workmen.

  • 2 Kgs 22:5-6
    2 verses
    76%

    5And let it be given to the overseers of the work of the Lord's house, to give to the workmen who are making good what was damaged in the house of the Lord;

    6To the woodworkers and the builders and the stone-cutters; and for getting wood and cut stones for the building up of the house.

  • 2 Sam 5:11
    75%

    11And Hiram, king of Tyre, sent men to David, with cedar-trees and woodworkers and stoneworkers: and they made David a house.

  • 2 Kgs 12:11-12
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    75%

    11And the money which was measured out they gave regularly to those who were responsible for overseeing the work, and these gave it in payment to the woodworkers and the builders who were working on the house of the Lord,

    12And to the wall-builders and the stone-cutters, and to get wood and cut stone for building up the broken parts of the house of the Lord, and for everything needed to put the house in good order.

  • 1 Kgs 6:7
    74%

    7(And the stones used in the building of the house were squared at the place where they were cut out; there was no sound of hammer or axe or any iron instrument while they were building the house.)

  • 2 Chr 2:9
    74%

    9To get trees for me in great numbers, for the house which I am building is to be great and a wonder.

  • 2 Chr 2:1-2
    2 verses
    74%

    1Now it was Solomon's purpose to put up a house for the name of the Lord and a house for himself as king.

    2And Solomon had seventy thousand men numbered for transport, and eighty thousand for cutting stone in the mountains, and three thousand, six hundred as overseers.

  • 2 Chr 8:16
    73%

    16And all the work of Solomon was complete, from the day when he put the base of the Lord's house in position, till Solomon had come to the end of building the Lord's house.

  • 1 Kgs 6:36-37
    2 verses
    73%

    36And the inner space was walled with three lines of squared stones and a line of cedar-wood boards.

    37In the fourth year the base of the house was put in its place, in the month Ziv.

  • 1 Chr 22:15
    73%

    15And you have a great number of workmen, cutters and workers of stone and wood, and experts in every sort of work,

  • 1 Kgs 5:5-7
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    73%

    5And so it is my purpose to make a house for the name of the Lord my God, as he said to David my father, Your son, whom I will make king in your place, will be the builder of a house for my name.

    6So now, will you have cedar-trees from Lebanon cut down for me, and my servants will be with your servants; and I will give you payment for your servants at whatever rate you say; for it is common knowledge that we have no such wood-cutters among us as the men of Zidon.

    7And these words of Solomon made Hiram glad, and he said, Now may the Lord be praised who has given to David a wise son to be king over this great people.

  • 1 Chr 29:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1And David the king said to all the people, Solomon my son, the only one who has been marked out by God, is still young and untested, and the work is great, for this great house is not for man, but for the Lord God.

    2Now as far as I am able, I have made ready what is needed for the house of my God; the gold for the things of gold, and the silver for the silver things, and the brass for the brass things, iron for the things of iron, and wood for the things of wood; beryls and jewels to be framed, and stones of different colours for ornament; all sorts of stones of great price, and polished building-stone, as much as is needed and more.

  • 1 Kgs 5:2-3
    2 verses
    72%

    2And Solomon sent back word to Hiram, saying,

    3You have knowledge that David my father was not able to make a house for the name of the Lord his God, because of the wars which were round him on every side, till the Lord put all those who were against him under his feet.

  • 1 Chr 22:5-6
    2 verses
    72%

    5And David said, Solomon my son is young and untested, and the house which is to be put up for the Lord is to be very great, a thing of wonder and glory through all countries; so I will make ready what is needed for it. So David got ready a great store of material before his death.

    6Then he sent for his son Solomon, and gave him orders for the building of a house for the Lord, the God of Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 9:15
    72%

    15Now, this was the way of Solomon's system of forced work for the building of the Lord's house and of the king's house, and the Millo and the wall of Jerusalem and Megiddo and Gezer. ...

  • 2 Chr 3:1-3
    3 verses
    72%

    1Then Solomon made a start at building the house of the Lord on Mount Moriah in Jerusalem, where the Lord had been seen by his father David, in the place which David had made ready in the grain-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

    2The building was started in the second month in the fourth year of his rule.

    3And Solomon put the base of the house of God in position; by the older measure it was sixty cubits long and twenty cubits wide.

  • 1 Kgs 6:10-11
    2 verses
    72%

    10And he put up the line of side rooms against the walls of the house, fifteen cubits high, resting against the house on boards of cedar-wood.

    11(And the word of the Lord came to Solomon, saying,

  • Exod 31:5
    71%

    5In cutting stones for framing, and to do every form of woodwork.

  • 1 Chr 14:1
    71%

    1And Hiram, king of Tyre, sent men to David with cedar-trees, and stoneworkers and woodworkers for the building of his house.

  • 2 Chr 2:12
    71%

    12And Huram said, Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, maker of heaven and earth, who has given to David the king a wise son, full of wisdom and good sense, to be the builder of a house for the Lord and a house for himself as king.

  • Ezra 5:8
    71%

    8This is to give the king word that we went into the land of Judah, to the house of the great God, which is made of great stones, and has its walls supported with wood, and the work is going on with industry, and they are doing it well.

  • 1 Kgs 5:13
    71%

    13Then King Solomon got together men for the forced work through all Israel, thirty thousand men in number;

  • 1 Chr 28:10
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    10Now then, take note; for the Lord has made selection of you to be the builder of a house for the holy place. Be strong and do it.

  • Ezra 5:17
    71%

    17So now, if it seems good to the king, let search be made in the king's store-house at Babylon, to see if it is true that an order was given by Cyrus the king for the building of this house of God at Jerusalem, and let the king send us word of his pleasure in connection with this business.

  • Lev 14:42
    70%

    42And they will take other stones and put them in place of those stones, and he will take other paste and put it on the walls of the house.

  • 2 Chr 24:12
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    12Then the king and Jehoiada gave it to those who were responsible for getting the work done on the Lord's house, and with it they got wall-builders and woodworkers and metal-workers to put the house of the Lord in good order again.

  • 1 Kgs 6:1
    70%

    1In the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year that Solomon was king of Israel, in the month Ziv, which is the second month, the building of the Lord's house was started.

  • 1 Chr 29:8
    70%

    8And those who had stones of great price gave them to the store of the house of the Lord, under the care of Jehiel the Gershonite.

  • Ezra 3:10
    70%

    10And when the builders put in position the base of the Temple of the Lord, the priests, dressed in their robes, took their places with horns, and the Levites, the sons of Asaph, with brass instruments, to give praise to the Lord in the way ordered by David, king of Israel.