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New King James Version

1 Kings 7:10

The foundation was of costly stones, large stones, some ten cubits and some eight cubits.

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 Century Version
The foundations were made with large blocks of fine stone, some as long as fifteen feet. Others were twelve feet long.
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 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 But Solomon took thirteen years to build his own house; so he finished all his house. 2 He also built the House of the Forest of Lebanon; its length was one hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits, with four rows of cedar pillars, and cedar beams on the pillars. 3 And it was paneled with cedar above the beams that were on forty-five pillars, fifteen to a row. 4 There were windows with beveled frames in three rows, and window was opposite window in three tiers. 5 And all the doorways and doorposts had rectangular frames; and window was opposite window in three tiers. 6 He also made the Hall of Pillars: its length was fifty cubits, and its width thirty cubits; and in front of them was a portico with pillars, and a canopy was in front of them. 7 Then he made a hall for the throne, the Hall of Judgment, where he might judge; and it was paneled with cedar from floor to ceiling. [fn] 8 And the house where he dwelt had another court inside the hall, of like workmanship. Solomon also made a house like this hall for Pharaoh's daughter, whom he had taken as wife. 9 All these were of costly stones cut to size, trimmed with saws, inside and out, from the foundation to the eaves, and also on the outside to the great court. 10 The foundation was of costly stones, large stones, some ten cubits and some eight cubits.

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
And behold, I Myself am bringing floodwaters on the earth, to destroy from under heaven all flesh in which is the breath of life; everything that is on the earth shall die.
Genesis 7:4
For after seven more days I will cause it to rain on the earth forty days and forty nights, and I will destroy from the face of the earth all living things that I have made."
Genesis 7:17
Now the flood was on the earth forty days. The waters increased and lifted up the ark, and it rose high above the earth.
Genesis 7:20
The waters prevailed fifteen cubits upward, and the mountains were covered.
Job 22:16
Who were cut down before their time, Whose foundations were swept away by a flood?
Luke 17:27
They ate, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed 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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