Verse 17

And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house.

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Chr 22:2 : 2 And 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.
  • 1 Kgs 6:7 : 7 And 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 Kgs 7:9 : 9 All 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.
  • Isa 28:16 : 16 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, 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 Cor 3:11-12 : 11 For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ. 12 Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;
  • 1 Pet 2:6-7 : 6 Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded. 7 Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner,
  • Rev 21:14-21 : 14 And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. 15 And he that talked with me had a golden ed to measu the city, and the gates theof, and the wall theof. 16 And the city lieth foursqua, and the length is as large as the badth: and he measud the city with the ed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the badth and the height of it a equal. 17 And he measud the wall theof, an hundd and forty and four cubits, according to the measu of a man, that is, of the angel. 18 And the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the city was pu gold, like unto clear glass. 19 And the foundations of the wall of the city we garnished with all manner of pcious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphi; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald; 20 The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst. 21 And the twelve gates we twelve pearls; every several gate was of one pearl: and the stet of the city was pu gold, as it we transpant glass.