1 Kings 5:17

Contextual Overview

¹⁰In this way Hiram kept Solomon supplied with all the cedar and pine logs he wanted, ¹⁰ In this way Hiram kept Solomon supplied with all the cedar and juniper logs he wanted, ¹⁰So Hiram gave Solomon as much as he desired of the cedar and cypress timber. ¹⁰ So Hiram gave Solomon as much as he desired of the cedar and cypress timber. ¹⁰ Aud so Hiram gaue Solomon Cedar trees and firre trees according to all his desyre. ¹⁰ And Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees and fir trees, all his desire. ¹⁰ So Hiram gave Solomon all the cedar and fir logs that he wanted. ¹⁰ So Hiram supplied Solomon with all the timber of cedar and cypress that he desired, ¹⁰ So Hiram gave Solomon timber of cedar and timber of fir according to all his desire. ¹⁰ So Hiram gaue Solomon Cedar trees, and Firre trees, according to all his desire.

Bible Verse Review
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costly stones: 1 Kings 6:7, 1 Kings 7:9, 1 Chronicles 22:2, Isaiah 28:16, 1 Corinthians 3:11, 1 Corinthians 3:12, 1 Peter 2:6, 1 Peter 2:7, Revelation 21:14-21

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 12:12 - masons Proverbs 24:27 - General Isaiah 54:11 - I will lay

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the king commanded, and they brought great stones,.... Not in quality, but in quantity, large stones, fit to lay in the foundation; strong, and durable against all the injuries of time, as Josephus says i:

costly stones; not what are commonly called precious stones, as gems, pearls, c. but stones of value, as marble, porphyry, c.

[and] hewed stones not rough as they were taken out of the quarry, but hewed, and made smooth:

to lay the foundation of the house which, though out of sight, was to be laid with goodly stones for the magnificence of the building; so the church of Christ, its foundation is said to be laid even with sapphires and other precious stones, see Isaiah 54:11.

i Antiqu. l. 8. c. 3. sect. 2.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Some of these “great, hewed (no and) stones,” are probably still to be seen in the place where they were set by Solomon’s builders, at the southwestern angle of the wall of the Haram area in the modern Jerusalem. The largest found so far is 38 ft. 9 in. long, and weighs about 100 tons.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Kings 5:17. Great stones — Stones of very large dimensions.

Costly stones — Stones that cost much labour and time to cut them out of the rock.

Hewed stones — Everywhere squared and polished.