KJV 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.
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1 Chronicles 22:2
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
So David gave orders to gather the foreigners in the land of Israel, from whom he appointed stonecutters to prepare finished stones for building the house of God.
WEB World English Bible
David gave orders to gather together the foreigners who were in the land of Israel; and he set masons to cut worked stones to build the house of God.
ASV American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And David saith to gather the sojourners who are in the land of Israel, and appointeth hewers to hew hewn-stones to build a house of God.
Surrounding context — 1 Chronicles 22
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 brought much cedar wood to David.
5 And David said, Solomon my son [is] young and tender, and the house [that is] to be builded for the LORD [must be] exceeding magnifical, of fame and of glory throughout all countries: I will [therefore] now make preparation for it. So David prepared abundantly before his death.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיֹּ֣אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayדָּוִ֔ידH1732 · da.vidDavidלִכְנוֹס֙H3664 · ka.nasto gatherאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הַגֵּרִ֔יםH1616 · gersojournerאֲשֶׁ֖רH834 · a.sherwhichבְּאֶ֣רֶץH776 · e.retsland: country/planetיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לH3478 · yis.ra.elIsraelוַיַּעֲמֵ֣דH5975 · a.madto stand: standחֹֽצְבִ֗יםH2672 · cha.tsavto hewלַחְצוֹב֙H2672 · cha.tsavto hewאַבְנֵ֣יH68 · e.venstoneגָזִ֔יתH1496 · ga.zitcuttingלִבְנ֖וֹתH1129 · ba.nahto buildבֵּ֥יתH1004 · betplaceהָאֱלֹהִֽים׃H430 · e.lo.himGod
Cross-references
2 Chronicles 2:17And Solomon numbered all the strangers that [were] in the land of Israel, after the numbering wherewith David his father had numbered them; and they were found an hundred and fifty thousand and three thousand and six hundred.1 Kings 9:20-21[And] all the people [that were] left of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which [were] not of the children of Israel,1 Kings 5:17-18And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, [and] hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house.1 Chronicles 14:1Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and timber of cedars, with masons and carpenters, to build him an house.Ezra 3:7They gave money also unto the masons, and to the carpenters; and meat, and drink, and oil, unto them of Zidon, and to them of Tyre, to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea of Joppa, according to the grant that they had of Cyrus king of Persia.1 Kings 7:9-12All these [were of] costly stones, according to the measures of hewed stones, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the foundation unto the coping, and [so] on the outside toward the great court.2 Kings 22:6Unto carpenters, and builders, and masons, and to buy timber and hewn stone to repair the house.Isaiah 61:5-6And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien [shall be] your plowmen and your vinedressers.Ephesians 2:19-22Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;Ephesians 2:12That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:2 Kings 12:12And to masons, and hewers of stone, and to buy timber and hewed stone to repair the breaches of the house of the LORD, and for all that was laid out for the house to repair [it].1 Kings 6:7And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither: so that there was neither hammer nor axe [nor] any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.2 Samuel 5:11And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons: and they built David an house.2 Chronicles 8:7-8[As for] all the people [that were] left of the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which [were] not of Israel,
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