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Solomon’s Labor Force

1 Kings 5:18

In 11 translations

BSB
So Solomon’s and Hiram’s builders, along with the Gebalites, quarried the stone and prepared the timber and stone for the construction of the temple.
KJV
And Solomon’s builders and Hiram’s builders did hew them, and the stonesquarers: so they prepared timber and stones to build the house.stonesquarers: or, Giblites
WEB
Solomon’s builders and Hiram’s builders and the Gebalites cut them, and prepared the timber and the stones to build the house.
ASV
And Solomon’s builders and Hiram’s builders and the Gebalites did fashion them, and prepared the timber and the stones to build the house.
LSV
and the builders of Solomon, and the builders of Hiram, and the Giblites hew [them], and prepare the wood and the stones to build the house.
YLT
and the builders of Solomon, and the builders of Hiram, and the Giblites hew, and prepare the wood and the stones to build the house.
DBY
And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders and the Giblites hewed them, and prepared timber and stones to build the house.
DRC
And the masons of Solomon, and the masons of Hiram hewed them: and the Giblians prepared timber and stones to build the house.
GNV
And Salomons workemen, and the workemen of Hiram, and the masons hewed and prepared timber and stones for the buylding of the house.
JPS5:32
And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders and the Gebalites did fashion them, and prepared the timber and the stones to build the house.
LXXE6:1
And the men of Solomon, and the men of Chiram hewed the stones, and laid them for a foundation.

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Original-language editions

WLC5:32
וַֽיִּפְסְל֞וּ בֹּנֵ֧י שְׁלֹמֹ֛ה וּבֹנֵ֥י חִיר֖וֹם וְהַגִּבְלִ֑ים וַיָּכִ֛ינוּ הָעֵצִ֥ים וְהָאֲבָנִ֖ים לִבְנ֥וֹת הַבָּֽיִת׃KJV:1Kgs.5.18
LXX-Br6:1
Καὶ ἐπελέκησαν οἱ υἱοὶ Σαλωμὼν, καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ Χιρὰμ, καὶ ἔβαλαν αὐτούς.

Who and where

👤 Hiram👤 Solomon📍 Gebal◆ Reign of Solomon◆ Construction of Solomon's Temple

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Joshua 13:5the land of the Gebalites; and all Lebanon to the east, from Baal-gad below Mount Hermon to Lebo-hamath.
  • Ezekiel 27:9The elders of Gebal were aboard as shipwrights, repairing your leaks. All the ships of the sea and their sailors came alongside to barter for your merchandise.
  • Psalms 83:7of Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek, of Philistia with the people of Tyre.

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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 5:32 in some Bibles
  • 5:18 in most Bibles

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