1 Kings 5:17 BSB — MannaFest

1 Kings 5:17

And the king commanded them to quarry large, costly stones to lay the foundation of the temple with dressed stones.

BSB

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ASV

And the king commanded, and they hewed out great stones, costly stones, to lay the foundation of the house with wrought stone.

KJV

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

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Commentary

5 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Some of these “great, hewed (no and) stones,” are probably still to be seen in the place where they were set by Solomon’s builders, at the southwestern angle of the wall of the Haram area in the modern Jerusalem. The largest found so far is 38 ft. 9 in. long, and weighs about 100 tons.

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The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Great and costly - Marble and porphyry, or other stones of great size and value. The foundation - Where they could not afterward be seen: and therefore that this was done, is mentioned only as a point of magnificence, except it was intended for a type, or mystical signification of the preciousness of Christ, who is the foundation of the true temple, the church of God.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

It is here said of Hiram their king that he was ever a lover of David; and we have reason to think he was a worshipper of the true God, and had himself renounced, though he could not reform, the idolatry of his city.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Christ, who is laid for a foundation, is an elect and precious stone ( Isa. xxviii. 16 ), and the foundations of the church are said to be laid with sapphires, Isa. liv. That sincerity which is our gospel perfection obliges us to lay our foundation firm and to bestow most pains on that part of our religion which lies out of the sight of men.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 2094: “Foundation Work” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1889)

Work done without the Lord's command may be nothing more than mere will-worship, unacceptable with the Lord. Where the word of a king is, there is power. And you may expect that power to go forth with you when you go forth under the guidance and authority of the Divine command. Solomon began to build the temple at the foundation. You smile and wonder how he could have begun anywhere else. Ah, dear Friends! I wish common sense ruled people in religion as well as in building temples. For many Brethren begin their building at the top.

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיְצַ֣ו	vay.Tzav	and he commanded	H6680 →
הַמֶּ֡לֶךְ	ha.Me.lekh	the king	H4428 →
וַיַּסִּעוּ֩	vai.ya.si.'U	and they quarried	H5265 →
אֲבָנִ֨ים	'a.va.Nim	stones	H68 →
גְּדֹל֜וֹת	ge.do.Lot	large	H1419 →
אֲבָנִ֧ים	'a.va.Nim	stones	H68 →
יְקָר֛וֹת	ye.ka.Rot	costly	H3368 →
לְיַסֵּ֥ד	le.ya.Sed	to found	H3245 →
הַבָּ֖יִת	ha.Ba.yit	the house	H1004 →
אַבְנֵ֥י	'av.Nei	stones of	H68 →
גָזִֽית׃	ga.Zit	hewn [stone]	H1496 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Kings 6:7
The 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.
leads to
- Deuteronomy 27:5–6
  Moreover, you are to build there an altar to the LORD your God, an altar of stones. You must not use any iron tool on them.
- 1 Peter 2:5
  you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
- Exodus 20:25
  Now if you make an altar of stones for Me, you must not build it with stones shaped by tools; for if you use a chisel on it, you will defile it.
- Proverbs 24:27
  Complete your outdoor work and prepare your field; after that, you may build your house.
Through
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.
leads to
- 1 Kings 5:17–18
  And the king commanded them to quarry large, costly stones to lay the foundation of the temple with dressed stones.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 2 Chronicles 2:17
  Solomon 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.
- 1 Kings 9:20–21
  As for all the people who remained of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites (the people who were not Israelites)—
- 1 Kings 7:9–12
  All 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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02Original language & word study

03The walk

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04Related verses

06About 1 Kings

Where the connections lead

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Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About 1 Kings