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Solomon’s Palace Complex

1 Kings 7:10

In 11 translations

BSB
The foundations were laid with large, costly stones, some ten cubits long and some eight cubits long.10 cubits is approximately 15 feet or 4.6 meters.8 cubits is approximately 12 feet or 3.7 meters.
KJV
And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.
WEB
The foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits and stones of eight cubits.
ASV
And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.
LSV
And the foundation [is] of precious stones, great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits;
YLT
And the foundation [is] of precious stone, great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits;
DBY
And the foundations were of costly stones, great stones, stones of ten cubits and stones of eight cubits.
DRC
And the foundations were of costly stones, great stones of ten cubits or eight cubits:
GNV
And the foundation was of costly stones, and great stones, euen of stones of ten cubites, and stones of eight cubites.
JPS
And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.
LXXE7:47
founded with large costly stones, stones of ten cubits and eight cubits long.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וּמְיֻסָּ֕ד אֲבָנִ֥ים יְקָר֖וֹת אֲבָנִ֣ים גְּדֹל֑וֹת אַבְנֵי֙ עֶ֣שֶׂר אַמּ֔וֹת וְאַבְנֵ֖י שְׁמֹנֶ֥ה אַמּֽוֹת׃
LXX-Br7:47
τὴν τεθεμελιωμένην ἐν τιμίοις λίθοις μεγάλοις, λίθοις δεκαπήχεσι καὶ τοῖς ὀκταπήχεσι·

Who and where

◆ Reign of Solomon◆ Construction of Solomon's Temple

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Revelation 21:19–20The foundations of the city walls were adorned with every kind of precious stone: The first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald, the fifth sardonyx, the sixth carnelian,…
  • Isaiah 28:16So this is what the Lord GOD says: “See, I lay a stone in Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation; the one who believes will never be shaken.
  • 1 Corinthians 3:10–11By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as an expert builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one must be careful how he builds. For no one can lay a foundation other than the one already laid,…
  • Isaiah 54:11“O afflicted city, lashed by storms, without solace, surely I will set your stones in antimony and lay your foundations with sapphires.

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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 7:47 in some Bibles
  • 7:10 in most Bibles

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