1 Kings 5:17 KJV — MannaFest

1 Kings 5:17

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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ASV

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

WEB

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

YLT

And the king commandeth, and they bring great stones, precious stone, to lay the foundation of the house, hewn stones;

DBT

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

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1 Kings — From Solomon's glory to the divided kingdom — then Elijah's confrontation with Ahab and Jezebel dominating the second half. The promise of the Davidic covenant unfolding through temple glory, then beginning to unravel as idolatry and political fragmentation take hold.

Author: Compiler anonymous; Jewish tradition attributes to Jeremiah (Bava Batra 15a). The book draws on court annals and prophetic records cited by name.
Date: Events c. 970–852 BC; compilation during the late Judahite monarchy or exile

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Proverbs 24:27
Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.
1 Kings 6:7
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 Chronicles 22:2
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.
Isaiah 54:11
O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.
1 Peter 2:6–7
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.

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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.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

brought great stones--The stone of Lebanon is "hard, calcareous, whitish and sonorous, like free stone" [SHAW]. The same white and beautiful stone can be obtained in every part of Syria and Palestine. hewed stones--or neatly polished, as the Hebrew word signifies (Ex 20:25).

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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1KI 5:171KI 6:7 DEU 27:5-6
1KI 5:171CH 22:2 1KI 5:17-18
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1KI 5:171KI 6:7 1PE 2:5
1KI 5:171CH 22:2 2CH 2:17
1KI 5:171CH 22:2 1KI 9:20-21
1KI 5:171KI 6:7 EXO 20:25
1KI 5:171KI 6:7 PRO 24:27
1KI 5:171CH 22:2 1KI 7:9-12

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