1 Kings 7:9

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

All of these were built with the best stones, chiseled to the right size and cut with a saw on all sides, from the foundation to the edge of the roof and from the outside to the great courtyard.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 5:17 : 17 By royal order they supplied large valuable stones in order to build the temple’s foundation with chiseled stone.
  • 1 Kgs 7:10-11 : 10 The foundation was made of large valuable stones, measuring either 15 feet or 12 feet. 11 Above the foundation the best stones, chiseled to the right size, were used along with cedar.

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  • 1 Kgs 7:10-12
    3 verses
    86%

    10The foundation was made of large valuable stones, measuring either 15 feet or 12 feet.

    11Above the foundation the best stones, chiseled to the right size, were used along with cedar.

    12Around the great courtyard were three rows of chiseled stones and one row of cedar beams, like the inner courtyard of the LORD’s temple and the hall of the palace.

  • 1 Kgs 5:17-18
    2 verses
    81%

    17By royal order they supplied large valuable stones in order to build the temple’s foundation with chiseled stone.

    18Solomon’s and Hiram’s construction workers, along with men from Byblos, did the chiseling and prepared the wood and stones for the building of the temple.

  • 1 Kgs 7:5-8
    4 verses
    77%

    5All of the entrances were rectangular in shape and they were arranged in sets of three.

    6He made a colonnade 75 feet long and 45 feet wide. There was a porch in front of this and pillars and a roof in front of the porch.

    7He also made a throne room, called“The Hall of Judgment,” where he made judicial decisions. It was paneled with cedar from the floor to the rafters.

    8The palace where he lived was constructed in a similar way. He also constructed a palace like this hall for Pharaoh’s daughter, whom he had married.

  • 1 Kgs 6:36
    77%

    36He built the inner courtyard with three rows of chiseled stones and a row of cedar beams.

  • 1 Kgs 6:5-7
    3 verses
    75%

    5He built an extension all around the walls of the temple’s main hall and holy place and constructed side rooms in it.

    6The bottom floor of the extension was seven and a half feet wide, the middle floor nine feet wide, and the third floor ten and a half feet wide. He made ledges on the temple’s outer walls so the beams would not have to be inserted into the walls.

    7As the temple was being built, only stones shaped at the quarry were used; the sound of hammers, pickaxes, or any other iron tool was not heard at the temple while it was being built.

  • Ezek 41:15-17
    3 verses
    75%

    15Then he measured the length of the building facing the courtyard at the rear of the temple, with its galleries on either side as 175 feet. The interior of the outer sanctuary and the porch of the court,

    16as well as the thresholds, narrow windows and galleries all around on three sides facing the threshold were paneled with wood all around, from the ground up to the windows(now the windows were covered),

    17to the space above the entrance, to the inner room, and on the outside, and on all the walls in the inner room and outside, by measurement.

  • 1 Kgs 6:15-18
    4 verses
    74%

    15He constructed the walls inside the temple with cedar planks; he paneled the inside with wood from the floor of the temple to the rafters of the ceiling. He covered the temple floor with boards made from the wood of evergreens.

    16He built a wall 30 feet in from the rear of the temple as a partition for an inner sanctuary that would be the most holy place. He paneled the wall with cedar planks from the floor to the rafters.

    17The main hall in front of the inner sanctuary was 60 feet long.

    18The inside of the temple was all cedar and was adorned with carvings of round ornaments and of flowers in bloom. Everything was cedar; no stones were visible.

  • Ezra 6:4
    74%

    4with three layers of large stones and one layer of timber. The expense is to be subsidized by the royal treasury.

  • 2 Chr 2:9
    73%

    9to supply me with large quantities of timber, for I am building a great, magnificent temple.

  • 1 Kgs 6:29-30
    2 verses
    72%

    29On all the walls around the temple, inside and out, he carved cherubim, palm trees, and flowers in bloom.

    30He plated the floor of the temple with gold, inside and out.

  • Ezek 41:8
    72%

    8I saw that the temple had a raised platform all around; the foundations of the side chambers were a full measuring stick of 10½ feet high.

  • 2 Chr 3:3-7
    5 verses
    72%

    3Solomon laid the foundation for God’s temple; its length(determined according to the old standard of measure) was 90 feet, and its width 30 feet.

    4The porch in front of the main hall was 30 feet long, corresponding to the width of the temple, and its height was 30 feet. He plated the inside with pure gold.

    5He paneled the main hall with boards made from evergreen trees and plated it with fine gold, decorated with palm trees and chains.

    6He decorated the temple with precious stones; the gold he used came from Parvaim.

    7He overlaid the temple’s rafters, thresholds, walls and doors with gold; he carved decorative cherubim on the walls.

  • 2 Chr 8:16
    72%

    16All the work ordered by Solomon was completed, from the day the foundation of the LORD’s temple was laid until it was finished; the LORD’s temple was completed.

  • 1 Chr 29:2
    72%

    2So I have made every effort to provide what is needed for the temple of my God, including the gold, silver, bronze, iron, wood, as well as a large amount of onyx, settings of antimony and other stones, all kinds of precious stones, and alabaster.

  • 2 Chr 34:11
    72%

    11They gave money to the craftsmen and builders to buy chiseled stone and wood for the braces and rafters of the buildings that the kings of Judah had allowed to fall into disrepair.

  • 1 Kgs 7:2
    72%

    2He named it“The Palace of the Lebanon Forest”; it was 150 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high. It had four rows of cedar pillars and cedar beams above the pillars.

  • 1 Kgs 6:9-10
    2 verses
    71%

    9He finished building the temple and covered it with rafters and boards made of cedar.

    10He built an extension all around the temple; it was seven and a half feet high and it was attached to the temple by cedar beams.

  • Ezek 41:12
    71%

    12The building that was facing the temple courtyard at the west side was 122½ feet wide; the wall of the building was 8¾ feet thick all around, and its length 157½ feet.

  • 2 Kgs 22:6
    71%

    6including craftsmen, builders, and masons, and should buy wood and chiseled stone for the repair work.

  • 1 Kgs 7:36
    71%

    36He engraved ornamental cherubim, lions, and palm trees on the plates of the supports and frames wherever there was room, with wreaths all around.

  • 1 Chr 22:2
    71%

    2David Orders a Temple to Be Built David ordered the resident foreigners in the land of Israel to be called together. He appointed some of them to be stonecutters to chisel stones for the building of God’s temple.

  • 2 Kgs 12:12
    71%

    12as well as masons and stonecutters. They bought wood and chiseled stone to repair the damage to the LORD’s temple and also paid for all the other expenses.

  • 1 Kgs 6:2-3
    2 verses
    71%

    2The temple King Solomon built for the LORD was 90 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 45 feet high.

    3The porch in front of the main hall of the temple was 30 feet long, corresponding to the width of the temple. It was 15 feet wide, extending out from the front of the temple.

  • Ezek 42:10
    70%

    10At the beginning of the wall of the court toward the south, facing the courtyard and the building, were chambers

  • 2 Chr 7:11
    70%

    11The Lord Gives Solomon a Promise and a Warning After Solomon finished building the LORD’s temple and the royal palace, and accomplished all his plans for the LORD’s temple and his royal palace,

  • Ezek 40:9
    70%

    9He measured the porch of the gate as 14 feet, and its jambs as 3½ feet; the porch of the gate faced inward.

  • 1 Kgs 9:15
    70%

    15Here are the details concerning the work crews King Solomon conscripted to build the LORD’s temple, his palace, the terrace, the wall of Jerusalem, and the cities of Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer.

  • 1 Chr 22:15
    70%

    15You also have available many workers, including stonecutters, masons, carpenters, and an innumerable array of workers who are skilled

  • Ezek 42:7
    70%

    7As for the outer wall by the side of the chambers, toward the outer court facing the chambers, it was 87½ feet long.

  • Ezek 41:5
    70%

    5Then he measured the wall of the temple as 10½ feet, and the width of the side chambers as 7 feet, all around the temple.