1 Kings 5:17DRA
Catholic Bible · DRA · Verse 17 of 18
"And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house."
In context
15And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains;
16Beside the chief of Solomon's officers which over the work, three thousand and three hundred, which ruled over the people that wrought in the work.
17And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house.
18And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders did hew , and the stonesquarers: so they prepared timber and stones to build the house.