1 Kings 5:17
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And the king commanded that they should bring great stones, costly stones, for the foundation of the temple, and should square them:

costly stones

1 Kings 6:7 And the house, when it was in building, was built of stones, hewed and made ready: so that there was neither hammer nor axe, nor any tool of iron heard in the house when it was in building.

1 Kings 7:9 All of costly stones, which were sawed by a certain rule and measure, both within and without: from the foundation to the top of the walls, and without, unto the great court.

1 Chronicles 22:2 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.

Isaiah 28:16 Therefore thus saith the Lord God: Behold I will lay a stone in the foundations of Sion, a tried stone, a corner stone, a precious stone, founded in the foundation. He that believeth, let him not hasten.

1 Corinthians 3:11,12 For other foundation no man can lay, but that which is laid: which is Christ Jesus. . . .

1 Peter 2:6,7 Wherefore it is said in the scripture: Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious. And he that shall believe in him shall not be confounded. . . .

Revelation 21:14-21 And the wall of the city had twelve foundations: And in them, the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb, . . .

Context
Solomon's Workmen and Laborers
16Besides the overseers who were over every work, in number three thousand and three hundred, that ruled over the people, and them that did the work. 17And the king commanded that they should bring great stones, costly stones, for the foundation of the temple, and should square them:18And the masons of Solomon, and the masons of Hiram, hewed them: and the Giblians prepared timber and stones to build the house.…
Cross References
1 Kings 6:7
And the house, when it was in building, was built of stones, hewed and made ready: so that there was neither hammer nor axe, nor any tool of iron heard in the house when it was in building.

1 Chronicles 22:2
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.

Lexicon
And the king
הַמֶּ֡לֶךְ (ham·me·leḵ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4428: A king

commanded them
וַיְצַ֣ו (way·ṣaw)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6680: To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order

to quarry
וַיַּסִּעוּ֩ (way·yas·si·‘ū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5265: To pull up, the tent-pins, start on a, journey

large,
גְּדֹל֜וֹת (gə·ḏō·lō·wṯ)
Adjective - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1419: Great, older, insolent

costly
יְקָר֛וֹת (yə·qā·rō·wṯ)
Adjective - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3368: Precious, rare, splendid, weighty

stones
אֲבָנִ֨ים (’ă·ḇā·nîm)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 68: A stone

to lay the foundation
לְיַסֵּ֥ד (lə·yas·sêḏ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 3245: To set, to found, to sit down together, settle, consult

of the temple
הַבָּ֖יִת (hab·bā·yiṯ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1004: A house

with dressed
גָזִֽית׃ (ḡā·zîṯ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1496: Something cut, dressed stone

stones.
אֲבָנִ֧ים (’ă·ḇā·nîm)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 68: A stone


Additional Translations
And the king commanded them to quarry large, costly stones to lay the foundation of the temple with dressed stones.And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house.

And the king commanded, and they hewed out great stones, costly stones, to lay the foundation of the house with wrought stone.

And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, hewn stones, to lay the foundation of the house.

And the king commanded, and they hewed out great stones, costly stones, to lay the foundation of the house with wrought stone.

And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house.

The king commanded, and they cut out great stones, costly stones, to lay the foundation of the house with worked stone.

And the king commandeth, and they bring great stones, precious stone, to lay the foundation of the house, hewn stones;
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