Parallel Verses

International Standard Version

As a result, Solomon's builders worked with Hiram's builders, accompanied by the Gebalites, to quarry the stone and to prepare the timber and other stone for the Temple's construction.

New American Standard Bible

So Solomon’s builders and Hiram’s builders and the Gebalites cut them, and prepared the timbers and the stones to build the house.

King James Version

And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders did hew them, and the stonesquarers: so they prepared timber and stones to build the house.

Holman Bible

So Solomon’s builders and Hiram’s builders, along with the Gebalites, quarried the stone and prepared the timber and stone for the temple’s construction.

A Conservative Version

And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders and the Gebalites fashioned them, and prepared the timber and the stones to build the house.

American Standard Version

And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders and the Gebalites did fashion them, and prepared the timber and the stones to build the house.

Amplified

So Solomon’s builders and Hiram’s builders and the men of Gebal cut and chiseled the stones, and prepared the timber and the stones to build the house (temple).

Bible in Basic English

Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders did the work of cutting them, and put edges on them, and got the wood and the stone ready for the building of the house.

Darby Translation

And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders and the Giblites hewed them, and prepared timber and stones to build the house.

Julia Smith Translation

And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders, and those setting, will cut: and they will prepare the woods and stones to build the house.

King James 2000

And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders did hew them, and the men of Gebal: so they prepared timber and stones to build the house.

Lexham Expanded Bible

So Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders and the Gebalites hewed [stones], and they prepared the timber and the stone to build the house.

Modern King James verseion

And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders and the Giblites cut out and prepared the timber and the stones to build the house.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And Solomon's masons and the masons of Hiram did hew them, with them of the borders. And so they prepared both in timber and stone to build the house.

NET Bible

Solomon'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.

New Heart English Bible

Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders and the Gebalites cut them, and prepared the timber and the stones to build the house.

The Emphasized Bible

And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders with the Gebalites wrought them, - thus made they ready the timber and the stones, for building the house.

Webster

And Solomon's builders, and Hiram's builders did hew them, and the stone-squarers: so they prepared timber and stones to build the house.

World English Bible

Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders and the Gebalites did fashion them, and prepared the timber and the stones to build the house.

Youngs Literal Translation

and the builders of Solomon, and the builders of Hiram, and the Giblites hew, and prepare the wood and the stones to build the house.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And Solomon's
שׁלמה 
Sh@lomoh 
Usage: 293

בּנה 
Banah 
בּנה 
Banah 
Usage: 376
Usage: 376

and Hiram's
חירם חירם 
Chiyram 
Usage: 26

פּסל 
Pacal 
Usage: 6

them, and the stonesquarers
גּבלי 
Gibliy 
Usage: 2

to build
בּנה 
Banah 
Usage: 376

Context Readings

Solomon's Wisdom: Architecture

17 The king specified that large, expensive stones be quarried so the foundation of the Temple could be laid with cut stones. 18 As a result, Solomon's builders worked with Hiram's builders, accompanied by the Gebalites, to quarry the stone and to prepare the timber and other stone for the Temple's construction.



Cross References

Joshua 13:5

including the territory of the Gebalites and all of Lebanon facing the east from Baal-gad at the foot of Mount Hermon as far as Lebo-hamath,

Ezekiel 27:9

The wise men and elders from Gebal accompanied you, serving as ship's carpenters. All the maritime navies and their seaman also accompanied you to assist you in doing business internationally."

Psalm 83:7

Gebal, Ammon, Amalek, Philistia, and the inhabitants of Tyre.

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