1 Kings 5:17
The king commanded, and they cut out great stones, costly stones, to lay the foundation of the house with worked stone.
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2 Samuel 7:5"Go and tell my servant David, 'Thus says the Lord, "Shall you build me a house for me to dwell in?
1 Kings 6:7The house, when it was in building, was built of stone prepared at the quarry; and there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.
1 Chronicles 22:2David gave orders to gather together the foreigners who were in the land of Israel; and he set masons to cut worked stones to build God's house.
Isaiah 28:16Therefore thus says the Lord God, "Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious cornerstone of a sure foundation. He who believes shall not be in fear.
1 Peter 2:6Because it is contained in Scripture,"Behold, I lay in Zion a chief cornerstone, chosen, and precious:He who believes in him will not be disappointed."
Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 5:11-18
10 So Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees and fir trees according to all his desire. 11 And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of wheat for food to his household, and twenty measures of pure oil: thus gave Solomon to Hiram year by year. 12 And the Lord gave Solomon wisdom, as he promised him: and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon; and they two made a league together. 13 And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men. 14 And he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a… Read the whole commentary →