Other translations
American Standard Version
And the king commanded, and they hewed out great stones, costly stones, to lay the foundation of the house with wrought stone.
Darby Bible Translation
And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, hewn stones, to lay the foundation of the house.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)
And the king commanded, that they should bring great stones, costly stones, for the foundation of the temple, and should square them:
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance
And the king commanded, and they hewed out great stones, costly stones, to lay the foundation of the house with wrought stone.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible
At the king’s command they quarried out great, costly stones in order to lay the foundation of the house with dressed stones.
God's Word
The king commanded them to quarry large, expensive blocks of stone in order to provide a foundation of cut stone for the temple.
Holman Christian Standard Bible
The king commanded them to quarry large, costly stones to lay the foundation of the temple with dressed stones.
International Standard Version
The king specified that large, expensive stones be quarried so the foundation of the Temple could be laid with cut stones.
NET Bible
By royal order they supplied large valuable stones in order to build the temple's foundation with chiseled stone.
New American Standard Bible
Then the king commanded, and they quarried great stones, costly stones, to lay the foundation of the house with cut stones.
New International Version
At the king's command they removed from the quarry large blocks of high-grade stone to provide a foundation of dressed stone for the temple.
New Living Translation
At the king's command, they quarried large blocks of high-quality stone and shaped them to make the foundation of the Temple.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house.
The World English Bible
The king commanded, and they cut out great stones, costly stones, to lay the foundation of the house with worked stone.