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1 Chronicles 22:2

What does 1 Chronicles 22:2 mean?

A plain-English look at 1 Chronicles 22:2 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And David commanded to gather together the sojourners that were in the land of Israel; and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of God.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And David commanded to gather together the sojourners that were in the land of Israel; and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of God.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And David gave orders to get together all the men from strange lands who were in the land of Israel; and he put stone-cutters to work, cutting stones for building the house of God.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And David saith to gather the sojourners who <FI>are<Fi> in the land of Israel, and appointeth hewers to hew hewn-stones to build a house of God.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And he commanded to gather together all the proselytes of the land of Israel, and out of them he appointed stonecutters to hew stones and polish them, to build the house of God.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And David commanded to collect the strangers that were in the land of Israel; and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house ofGod.

Context

v.1Then David said, This is the house of Jehovah God, and this is the altar of burnt-offering for Israel.

v.2This passage

v.3And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the couplings; and brass in abundance without weight;

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Ephesians 2:12

    that ye were at that time separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of the promise, having no hope and without God in the world.

  • 2 Chronicles 8:7

    As for all the people that were left of the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, that were not of Israel;

  • 2 Kings 22:6

    unto the carpenters, and to the builders, and to the masons, and for buying timber and hewn stone to repair the house.

  • Isaiah 61:5

    And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and foreigners shall be your plowmen and your vine-dressers.

  • 1 Chronicles 14:1

    And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar-trees, and masons, and carpenters, to build him a house.

  • 2 Kings 12:12

    and to the masons and the hewers of stone, and for buying timber and hewn stone to repair the breaches of the house of Jehovah, and for all that was laid out for the house to repair it.

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