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New Century Version

1 Kings 7:10

The foundations were made with large blocks of fine stone, some as long as fifteen feet. Others were twelve feet long.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Palace;   Solomon;   Stones;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Jerusalem;   Solomon;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Esarhaddon;   Palace;   Solomon;   Wall;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Palace;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Art and Aesthetics;   Persecution in the Bible;   Stone;   Temple of Jerusalem;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Israel;   Lily;   Palace;   Temple;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Pillar;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Architecture;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Court of the Sanctuary;   King;   Palace;   Phoenicia;   Solomon;   Temple;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Palace;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The foundation was made of large, costly stones twelve and fifteen feet long.
Hebrew Names Version
The foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.
King James Version
And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.
English Standard Version
The foundation was of costly stones, huge stones, stones of eight and ten cubits.
New English Translation
The foundation was made of large valuable stones, measuring either 15 feet or 12 feet.
Amplified Bible
The foundation was of expensive stones, large stones, stones of ten cubits and stones of eight cubits.
New American Standard Bible
And the foundation was of valuable stones, large stones, stones of ten cubits and stones of eight cubits.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the foundation was of costly stones, and great stones, euen of stones of ten cubites, and stones of eight cubites.
Legacy Standard Bible
And the foundation was of precious stones, even large stones, stones of ten cubits and stones of eight cubits.
Contemporary English Version
The foundation stones were huge, good stones—some of them fifteen feet long and others twelve feet long.
Complete Jewish Bible
The foundation was of expensive stone blocks, very large ones — stones fourteen to eighteen feet long.
Darby Translation
And the foundations were of costly stones, great stones, stones of ten cubits and stones of eight cubits.
Easy-to-Read Version
The foundations were made with large, expensive stones. Some of the stones were 10 cubits long and the others were 8 cubits long.
George Lamsa Translation
And the foundation was of great and costly stones, some of ten cubits and some of eight cubits.
Good News Translation
The foundations were made of large stones prepared at the quarry, some of them twelve feet long and others fifteen feet long.
Lexham English Bible
The foundation was of precious stones, and large stones of ten cubits and stones of eight cubits
Literal Translation
And the foundation was of costly stones, huge stones, stones of ten cubits and stones of eight cubits.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
As for the foundacions, they were costly and greate stones, ten and eighte cubites greate:
American Standard Version
And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.
Bible in Basic English
And the base was of great masses of highly priced stone, some ten cubits and some eight cubits square.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the foundation was layde vpon rich stones, and that very great stones, whereof some were ten cubites, and some eyght cubites.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.
King James Version (1611)
And the foundation was of costly stones, euen great stones; stones of ten cubites, and stones of eight cubites.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
founded with large costly stones, stones of ten cubits and eight cubits long.
English Revised Version
And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.
Berean Standard Bible
The foundations were laid with large, costly stones, some eight cubits and some ten cubits in length.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Sotheli the foundementis weren of preciouse stoonys, grete stoonys of ten, ethir of eiyte cubitis;
Young's Literal Translation
And the foundation [is] of precious stone, great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits;
Update Bible Version
And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the foundation [was of] costly stones, even great stones; stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.
World English Bible
The foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.
New King James Version
The foundation was of costly stones, large stones, some ten cubits and some eight cubits.
New Living Translation
Some of the huge foundation stones were 15 feet long, and some were 12 feet long.
New Life Bible
The base of the building was made with large stones of much worth. The stones were as long as five long steps, and four long steps.
New Revised Standard
The foundation was of costly stones, huge stones, stones of eight and ten cubits.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, the foundation, was of costly stones, large stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the foundations were of costly stones, great stones of ten cubits or eight cubits.
Revised Standard Version
The foundation was of costly stones, huge stones, stones of eight and ten cubits.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The foundation was of costly stones, even large stones, stones of ten cubits and stones of eight cubits.

Contextual Overview

1 King Solomon also built a palace for himself; it took him thirteen years to finish it. 2 Built of cedars from the Forest of Lebanon, it was one hundred fifty feet long, seventy-five feet wide, and forty-five feet high. It had four rows of cedar columns which supported the cedar beams. 3 There were forty-five beams on the roof, with fifteen beams in each row, and the ceiling was covered with cedar above the beams. 4 Windows were placed in three rows facing each other. 5 All the doors were square, and the three doors at each end faced each other. 6 Solomon also built the porch that had pillars. This porch was seventy-five feet long and forty-five feet wide. Along the front of the porch was a roof supported by pillars. 7 Solomon also built a throne room where he judged people, called the Hall of Justice. This room was covered with cedar from the floor to the ceiling. 8 The palace where Solomon lived was built like the Hall of Justice, and it was behind this hall. Solomon also built the same kind of palace for his wife, who was the daughter of the king of Egypt. 9 All these buildings were made with blocks of fine stone. First they were carefully cut. Then they were trimmed with a saw in the front and back. These fine stones went from the foundations of the buildings to the top of the walls. Even the courtyard was made with blocks of stone. 10 The foundations were made with large blocks of fine stone, some as long as fifteen feet. Others were twelve feet long.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the foundation: Isaiah 28:16, Isaiah 54:11, 1 Corinthians 3:10, 1 Corinthians 3:11, Revelation 21:19, Revelation 21:20

stones of ten cubits: Reckoning the cubit at 21 inches, the ten cubits are 17 feet and a half, and the eight cubits are 14 feet. The magnitude of these stones was certainly extraordinary; but let us hear M. Volney, and our surprise will no longer be fixed on these stones, but transferred from Solomon's house to the ruins of Balbec: "What is still more astonishing is the enormous stones which compose the sloping wall. To the west, the second layer is formed of stones which are from 28 to 35 feet long, by about 9 in height. Over this layer, at the north-west angle, there are three stones, which alone occupy a space of 175 feet and a half; viz. the first, 58 feet 7 inches; the second, 58 feet 11 inches; and the third, exactly 58 feet; and each of these is 12 feet thick. These stones are of white granite, with large shining flakes, like gypsum: there is a quarry of this kind of stone under the whole city, and another in the adjacent mountains, which is open in several places. On the right, as we approach the city, there is still lying there a stone hewn on three sides, which is 69 feet 2 inches long, 12 feet 10 inches broad, and 13 feet 3 inches in thickness.

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 7:9 - costly stones

Cross-References

Genesis 6:17
I will bring a flood of water on the earth to destroy all living things that live under the sky, including everything that has the breath of life. Everything on the earth will die.
Genesis 7:4
Seven days from now I will send rain on the earth. It will rain forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe off from the earth every living thing that I have made."
Genesis 7:17
Water flooded the earth for forty days, and as it rose it lifted the boat off the ground.
Genesis 7:20
It continued to rise until it was more than twenty feet above the mountains.
Job 22:16
They were carried away before their time was up, and their foundations were washed away by a flood.
Luke 17:27
People were eating, drinking, marrying, and giving their children to be married until the day Noah entered the boat. Then the flood came and killed them all.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones,.... Of a great price, and very large:

stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits some of one measure, and some of another; not so many cubits square, but of solid measure; they were so many in length.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See the 1 Kings 5:17 note.


 
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