1 Chronicles 22:2

And David gave orders to gather all the strangers that were in the land of Israel; and he appointed stone hewers to hew polished stones to build the house to God.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

1And David said, This is the house of the Lord God, and this is the altar for whole burnt offering for Israel.

3And David prepared much iron for the nails of the doors and the gates; the hinges also and brass in abundance, there was no weighing of it.

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Cross References

1 Kings 5:17Thou knewest my father David, that he could not build a house to the name of the Lord my God because of the wars that compassed him about, until the Lord put them under the soles of his feet.

1 Kings 7:9and a chamber over both the pillars, and above the sides an addition equal to the chamber in width.

2 Kings 12:12And they gave the money that had been collected into the hands of them that wrought the works, the overseers of the house of the Lord; and they gave it out to the carpenters and to the builders that wrought in the house of the Lord.

1 Chronicles 14:1And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar timbers, and masons, and carpenters, to build a house for him.

2 Chronicles 2:16And Solomon gathered all the foreigners that were in the land of Israel, after the numbering with which David his father numbered them; and there were found a hundred and fifty-three thousand six hundred.

2 Chronicles 8:7As for all the people that was left of the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, who are not of Israel,

Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 22:2-6

Preparations for the Temple. ( b. c. 1017.) 1 Then David said, This is the house of the Lord God, and this is the altar of the burnt offering for Israel. 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. 3 And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the joinings; and brass in abundance without weight; 4 Also cedar trees in abundance: for the Zidonians and they of Tyre… Read the whole commentary →

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