1 Kings 5:18
What does 1 Kings 5:18 mean?
A plain-English look at 1 Kings 5:18 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And Solomon’s builders and Hiram’s builders and the Gebalites did fashion them, and prepared the timber and the stones to build the house.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And Solomon’s builders and Hiram’s builders did hew them, and the stonesquarers: so they prepared timber and stones to build the house.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And Solomon’s builders and Hiram’s builders and the Gebalites did fashion them, and prepared the timber and the stones to build the house.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Solomon'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.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and the builders of Solomon, and the builders of Hiram, and the Giblites hew, and prepare the wood and the stones to build the house.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And the masons of Solomon, and the masons of Hiram, hewed them: and the Giblians prepared timber and stones to build the house.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders and the Giblites hewed them, and prepared timber and stones to build the house.
Context
v.17And the king commanded, and they hewed out great stones, costly stones, to lay the foundation of the house with wrought stone.
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Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 83:7
Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre:
- Joshua 13:5
and the land of the Gebalites, and all Lebanon, toward the sunrising, from Baal-gad under mount Hermon unto the entrance of Hamath;
- Ezekiel 27:9
The old men of Gebal and the wise men thereof were in thee thy calkers: all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in thee to deal in thy merchandise.
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