KJV King James Version
And 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.
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1 Kings 6:7
And 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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The temple was constructed using finished stones cut at the quarry, so that no hammer or chisel or any other iron tool was heard in the temple while it was being built.
WEB World English Bible
The 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.
ASV American Standard Version
And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready at the quarry; and there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And the house, in its being built, of perfect stone brought thither hath been built, and hammer, and the axe—any instrument of iron—was not heard in the house, in its being built.
Surrounding context — 1 Kings 6
4 And for the house he made windows of narrow lights.
5 And against the wall of the house he built chambers round about, [against] the walls of the house round about, [both] of the temple and of the oracle: and he made chambers round about:
6 The nethermost chamber [was] five cubits broad, and the middle [was] six cubits broad, and the third [was] seven cubits broad: for without [in the wall] of the house he made narrowed rests round about, that [the beams] should not be fastened in the walls of the house.
7 And 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.
8 The door for the middle chamber [was] in the right side of the house: and they went up with winding stairs into the middle [chamber], and out of the middle into the third.
9 So he built the house, and finished it; and covered the house with beams and boards of cedar.
10 And [then] he built chambers against all the house, five cubits high: and they rested on the house with timber of cedar.
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וְהַבַּ֙יִת֙H1004 · betplaceבְּהִבָּ֣נֹת֔וֹH1129 · ba.nahto buildאֶֽבֶן־H68 · e.venstoneשְׁלֵמָ֥הH8003 · sha.lemcompleteמַסָּ֖עH4551 · mas.saquarryנִבְנָ֑הH1129 · ba.nahto buildוּמַקָּב֤וֹתH4717 · maq.qa.vahhammerוְהַגַּרְזֶן֙H1631 · gar.zenaxeכָּל־H3605 · kolallכְּלִ֣יH3627 · ke.liarticle/utensilבַרְזֶ֔לH1270 · bar.zelironלֹֽא־H3808 · lonotנִשְׁמַ֥עH8085 · sha.mato hear: hearבַּבַּ֖יִתH1004 · betplaceבְּהִבָּנֹתֽוֹ׃H1129 · ba.nahto build
Cross-references
Deuteronomy 27:5-6And there shalt thou build an altar unto the LORD thy God, an altar of stones: thou shalt not lift up [any] iron [tool] upon them.1 Peter 2:5Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.Proverbs 24:27Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.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.Exodus 20:25And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.Colossians 1:12Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:2 Corinthians 5:5Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing [is] God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit.Romans 9:23And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory,Isaiah 42:2He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street.Acts 9:31Then had the churches rest throughout all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied.James 3:17-18But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, [and] easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.James 1:20For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
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