1 Kings 5:17

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You know that my father, David, could not build a house for the name of the LORD his God because of the wars waged against him from all directions until the LORD put his enemies under the soles of his feet.

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  • 1 Chr 22:2 : 2 David commanded the gathering of the foreigners who were in the land of Israel, and he appointed stonecutters to prepare dressed stones to build the house of God.
  • 1 Kgs 6:7 : 7 The house, when it was being built, was constructed of finished stone cut from the quarry, so that no hammer or axe or any iron tool was heard in the house while it was being built.
  • 1 Kgs 7:9 : 9 All these buildings were made from costly stones, cut to size and sawed with a saw, from the foundations to the coping, and from the outside to the great courtyard.
  • Isa 28:16 : 16 Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: 'Behold, I am laying a stone in Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation. The one who believes will not panic.'
  • 1 Cor 3:11-12 : 11 For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ. 12 If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or straw,
  • 1 Pet 2:6-7 : 6 For it stands in Scripture: 'Behold, I lay in Zion a chosen, precious cornerstone, and the one who believes in Him will never be put to shame.' 7 So the honor is for you who believe, but for those who do not believe: 'The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,'
  • Rev 21:14-21 : 14 The wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them were the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. 15 The one who spoke with me had a golden measuring rod to measure the city, its gates, and its wall. 16 The city was laid out as a square; its length was as great as its width. He measured the city with the rod: twelve thousand stadia. Its length, width, and height were equal. 17 He measured its wall to be one hundred forty-four cubits, by human measurement, which is also an angel’s measurement. 18 The wall was made of jasper, and the city of pure gold, as clear as glass. 19 The foundations of the city walls were adorned with every kind of precious stone. The first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald, 20 the fifth sardonyx, the sixth carnelian, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth amethyst. 21 The twelve gates were twelve pearls, each gate made of a single pearl. The great street of the city was of pure gold, like transparent glass.

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  • 1 Kgs 5:18
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    18But now the LORD my God has given me rest on every side; there is neither adversary nor misfortune.

  • 1 Kgs 7:9-12
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    81%

    9All these buildings were made from costly stones, cut to size and sawed with a saw, from the foundations to the coping, and from the outside to the great courtyard.

    10The foundation was made of large, costly stones, with some measuring ten cubits and others eight cubits.

    11Above were precious stones cut to measure, along with cedar wood.

    12The great courtyard was surrounded by three rows of hewn stone and one row of cedar beams, similar in design to the inner courtyard of the Lord's house and its portico.

  • 1 Chr 22:2
    81%

    2David commanded the gathering of the foreigners who were in the land of Israel, and he appointed stonecutters to prepare dressed stones to build the house of God.

  • Ezra 6:4
    78%

    4It will have three layers of large stone and one layer of new timber. The cost will be paid from the royal treasury.

  • 2 Chr 34:11
    76%

    11They gave it to the craftsmen and builders to buy dressed stones, timber for joists, and beams for the buildings that the kings of Judah had allowed to fall into ruin.

  • 1 Kgs 5:15-16
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    15King Hiram of Tyre sent his servants to Solomon, for he had heard that Solomon had been anointed king in place of his father, David, and Hiram had always been a friend of David.

    16Then Solomon sent back this message to Hiram:

  • 2 Kgs 22:5-6
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    5Let it be given to the hands of the workmen who are appointed over the house of the LORD, and they shall use it to pay the workers engaged in the repairs of the house—

    6the carpenters, builders, and masons. It shall also be used to buy timber and quarried stone for repairing the house.

  • 2 Sam 5:11
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    11Hiram, king of Tyre, sent messengers to David, along with cedar logs, carpenters, and stonemasons, and they built a palace for David.

  • 2 Kgs 12:11-12
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    11Whenever they saw there was a lot of money in the chest, the king’s scribe and the high priest would come, count the money that had been brought to the temple of the LORD, and put it into bags.

    12They would give the prepared money to the workers appointed to oversee the repairs to the temple of the LORD. They used it to pay the carpenters and builders working on the temple of the LORD,

  • 1 Kgs 6:7
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    7The house, when it was being built, was constructed of finished stone cut from the quarry, so that no hammer or axe or any iron tool was heard in the house while it was being built.

  • 2 Chr 2:9
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    9I will give your servants, the woodcutters who cut the timber, twenty thousand cors of crushed wheat, twenty thousand cors of barley, twenty thousand gallons of wine, and twenty thousand gallons of oil.

  • 2 Chr 2:1-2
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    1Solomon assigned seventy thousand men to carry burdens, eighty thousand men to cut stone in the mountains, and three thousand six hundred supervisors to oversee them.

    2Solomon sent word to Hiram, the king of Tyre, saying, "Just as you dealt with my father David, and sent him cedar timber to build a house to live in,"

  • 2 Chr 8:16
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    16So all of Solomon’s work was carried out until the day the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid and until it was completed. The house of the Lord was finished perfectly.

  • 1 Kgs 6:36-37
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    36He built the inner courtyard with three rows of hewn stone and a row of cedar beams.

    37In the fourth year, in the month of Ziv (the second month), the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid.

  • 1 Chr 22:15
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    15Moreover, you have an abundance of workers—stonecutters, masons, carpenters, and every kind of skilled craftsman.

  • 1 Kgs 5:5-7
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    5Judah and Israel lived in safety, each man under his own vine and fig tree, from Dan to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon.

    6Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots and twelve thousand horsemen.

    7These officers provided food for King Solomon and all who came to his table, each during his assigned month, without fail.

  • 1 Chr 29:1-2
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    1Then King David said to the entire assembly, "My son Solomon, the one chosen by God, is young and inexperienced, and the work is great because this temple is not for man but for the LORD God."

    2So, to the best of my ability, I have made preparations for the house of my God: gold for the gold work, silver for the silver work, bronze for the bronze, iron for the iron, and wood for the wood, as well as onyx stones, inlaid stones, colored stones, all kinds of precious stones, and marble in abundance.

  • 1 Kgs 5:2-3
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    72%

    2Solomon's daily provisions were thirty measures of the finest flour and sixty measures of regular flour.

    3This included ten fattened head of cattle, twenty pasture-fed cattle, and a hundred sheep—besides deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fattened fowl.

  • 1 Chr 22:5-6
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    5David said, 'My son Solomon is young and inexperienced, and the house that is to be built for the Lord must be exceedingly magnificent to promote His name and glory throughout all lands. Therefore, I will make preparations for it.' So David made extensive preparations before his death.

    6Then he called for his son Solomon and instructed him to build a house for the Lord, the God of Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 9:15
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    15This is the account of the forced labor King Solomon conscripted to build the house of the LORD, his own palace, the Millo, the wall of Jerusalem, Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer.

  • 2 Chr 3:1-3
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    72%

    1Then Solomon began building the house of the LORD in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the LORD had appeared to his father David, at the place that David had prepared on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

    2He began building on the second day of the second month in the fourth year of his reign.

    3These are the measurements that Solomon laid for building the house of God: sixty cubits long, according to the old standard, and twenty cubits wide.

  • 1 Kgs 6:10-11
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    10He also built the annex against the entire house, five cubits high, and it was attached to the house with cedar beams.

    11Then the word of the LORD came to Solomon, saying:

  • Exod 31:5
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    5to cut and set stones, to carve wood, and to engage in all forms of craftsmanship.

  • 1 Chr 14:1
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    1King Hiram of Tyre sent messengers to David, along with cedar wood, stonemasons, and carpenters to build him a palace.

  • 2 Chr 2:12
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    12Now I have sent you a skilled and insightful craftsman, Huram-Abi.

  • Ezra 5:8
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    8'Let it be known to the king that we went to the province of Judah, to the temple of the great God. It is being rebuilt with large stones and timber is being placed in the walls. The work is being done diligently and is progressing well in their hands.'

  • 1 Kgs 5:13
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    13He spoke about trees, from the cedar in Lebanon to the hyssop that grows out of walls. He also spoke about animals, birds, creeping things, and fish.

  • 1 Chr 28:10
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    10Consider now, for the LORD has chosen you to build a house as the sanctuary. Be strong and do it.

  • Ezra 5:17
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    17And now, if it seems good to the king, let a search be made in the royal archives in Babylon to determine if a decree was indeed issued by King Cyrus to rebuild this house of God in Jerusalem. Then let the king send us his decision concerning this matter.

  • Lev 14:42
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    42Then they shall take other stones to replace those removed and reapply the plaster over the house.

  • 2 Chr 24:12
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    12The king and Jehoiada gave the money to those who carried out the work of the Lord's temple. They hired stonemasons and carpenters to restore the temple and craftsmen to work with iron and bronze to repair the house of the Lord.

  • 1 Kgs 6:1
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    1In the four hundred eightieth year after the people of Israel came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv (the second month), he began building the house of the LORD.

  • 1 Chr 29:8
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    8And those who had precious stones gave them to the treasury of the house of the LORD, under the care of Jehiel the Gershonite.

  • Ezra 3:10
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    10When the builders laid the foundation of the LORD’s temple, the priests, dressed in their robes and holding trumpets, and the Levites, the sons of Asaph, with cymbals, took their places to praise the LORD as David king of Israel had instructed.