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1 Chronicles 22:2

So David gave orders to gather the foreigners in the land of Israel, from whom he appointed stonecutters to prepare finished stones for building the house of God.

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ASV

And David commanded to gather together the sojourners that were in the land of Israel; and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of God.

KJV

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.

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16 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559 →
דָּוִ֔ידda.VidDavidH1732 →
לִכְנוֹס֙likh.nOsto gatherH3664 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
הַגֵּרִ֔יםha.ge.Rimthe sojournersH1616 →
אֲשֶׁ֖ר'a.SherwhoH834 →
בְּאֶ֣רֶץbe.'E.retz[were] in [the] land ofH776 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478 →
וַיַּעֲמֵ֣דvai.ya.'a.Medand he appointedH5975 →
חֹֽצְבִ֗יםcho.tze.Vimstone cuttersH2672 →
לַחְצוֹב֙lach.tzOvto cutH2672 →
אַבְנֵ֣י'av.Neistones ofH68 →
גָזִ֔יתga.Zithewn [stone]H1496 →
לִבְנ֖וֹתliv.Notto buildH1129 →
בֵּ֥יתbeit[the] house ofH1004 →
הָאֱלֹהִֽים׃ha.'E.lo.Him<the> GodH430 →

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1 Kings 5:17And the king commanded them to quarry large, costly stones to lay the foundation of the temple with dressed stones.1 Kings 5:17–18And the king commanded them to quarry large, costly stones to lay the foundation of the temple with dressed stones.1 Kings 9:20–21As for all the people who remained of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites (the people who were not Israelites)—2 Chronicles 2:17Solomon numbered all the foreign men in the land of Israel following the census his father David had conducted, and there were found to be 153,600 in all.2 Samuel 5:11Now Hiram king of Tyre sent envoys to David, along with cedar logs, carpenters, and stonemasons, and they built a palace for David.Isaiah 61:5–6Strangers will stand and feed your flocks, and foreigners will be your plowmen and vinedressers.Ezra 3:7They gave money to the masons and carpenters, and food and drink and oil to the people of Sidon and Tyre to bring cedar logs from Lebanon to Joppa by sea, as authorized by Cyrus king of Persia.1 Kings 6:7The temple was constructed using finished stones cut at the quarry, so that no hammer or chisel or any other iron tool was heard in the temple while it was being built.1 Chronicles 14:1Now Hiram king of Tyre sent envoys to David, along with cedar logs, stonemasons, and carpenters, to build a palace for him.2 Kings 12:12masons, and stonecutters. They also purchased timber and dressed stone to repair the damage to the house of the LORD, and they paid the other expenses of the temple repairs.Ephesians 2:19–22Therefore you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of God’s household,Ephesians 2:12remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world.2 Kings 22:6to the carpenters, builders, and masons—to buy timber and dressed stone to repair the temple.2 Chronicles 8:7–8As for all the people who remained of the Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites (the people who were not Israelites)—1 Kings 7:9–12All these buildings were constructed with costly stones, cut to size and trimmed with saws inside and out from the foundation to the eaves, and from the outside to the great courtyard.

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Cedars Are Cut Down for the Jerusalem Temple — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Cedars Are Cut Down for the Jerusalem Temple — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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