So David gave orders to assemble the foreigners residing in Israel, and from among them he appointed stonecutters to prepare dressed stone for building the house of God.

大卫吩咐聚集住以色列地的外邦人，从其中派石匠凿石头，要建造神的殿。

大卫吩咐人召集住以色列地的寄居者，又派石匠凿石头，要建造上帝的殿。

大卫吩咐人召集住以色列地的寄居者，又派石匠凿石头，要建造神的殿。

大卫下令召集住在以色列的外族人，派他们采凿建上帝殿用的石头。

大卫预备了大量的铁，做门扇上的钉子和钩子；又预备了大量的铜，多得无法可称；

大衛吩咐聚集住以色列地的外邦人，從其中派石匠鑿石頭，要建造神的殿。

大衛吩咐人召集住以色列地的寄居者，又派石匠鑿石頭，要建造上帝的殿。

大衛吩咐人召集住以色列地的寄居者，又派石匠鑿石頭，要建造神的殿。

大衛下令召集住在以色列的外族人，派他們採鑿建上帝殿用的石頭。

大衛預備了大量的鐵，做門扇上的釘子和鈎子；又預備了大量的銅，多得無法可稱；

大衛豫備了許多鐵、要做門扇上的釘子和夾鉗子；又豫備了許多銅，無法可稱，

大衛命集旅於以色列地之人、選石工鑿石、以建上帝室、

異邦人之居於以色列地者、大闢招之咸集、選石工雕石、以建上帝之殿。

大衛命招集居以色列地之異邦人、選派石工鑿石、以建天主之殿、

David gave orders to bring together the outsiders who were living in Israel. He appointed some of them to cut stones. He wanted them to prepare blocks of stone for building the house of God.

David commanded to gather together the resident aliens who were in the land of Israel, and he set stonecutters to prepare dressed stones for building the house of God.

So David gave orders to call together the foreigners living in Israel, and he assigned them the task of preparing finished stone for building the Temple of God.

So David gave orders to gather the resident aliens that were in the land of Israel, and he appointed stonecutters to cut finished stones for building God’s house.

So David gave orders to gather the strangers who were in the land of Israel, and he set stonecutters to cut out stones to build the house of God.

So David commanded to gather the aliens who were in the land of Israel; and he appointed masons to cut hewn stones to build the house of God.

And David commanded to gather together the sojourners that were in the land of Israel; and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of God.

So David gave orders to gather the foreigners that were in the land of Israel, and he appointed stonecutters to cut finished stones for building God’s house.

And David commanded to gather together the strangers that[ were] in the land of Israel; and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of God.

David ordered the resident foreigners in the land of Israel to be called together. He appointed some of them to be stonecutters to chisel stones for the building of God’s temple.

David gave orders to gather together the foreigners who were in the land of Israel; and he set masons to cut dressed stones to build God’s house.

Solomon took a census of all the foreigners residing in Israel, after the census his father David had taken; and they were found to be 153,600.

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.The craftsmen of Solomon and Hiram and workers from Byblos cut and prepared the timber and stone for the building of the temple.

There were still people left from the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites( these peoples were not Israelites).Solomon conscripted the descendants of all these peoples remaining in the land— whom the Israelites could not exterminate— to serve as slave labor, as it is to this day.

Then they gave money to the masons and carpenters, and gave food and drink and olive oil to the people of Sidon and Tyre, so that they would bring cedar logs by sea from Lebanon to Joppa, as authorized by Cyrus king of Persia.

In building the temple, only blocks dressed at the quarry were used, and no hammer, chisel or any other iron tool was heard at the temple site while it was being built.

Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with God’s people and also members of his household,built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone.In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord.And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit.

Strangers will shepherd your flocks; foreigners will work your fields and vineyards.And you will be called priests of the Lord, you will be named ministers of our God. You will feed on the wealth of nations, and in their riches you will boast.

There were still people left from the Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites( these people were not Israelites).Solomon conscripted the descendants of all these people remaining in the land— whom the Israelites had not destroyed— to serve as slave labor, as it is to this day.

Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, along with cedar logs, stonemasons and carpenters to build a palace for him.

the masons and stonecutters. They purchased timber and blocks of dressed stone for the repair of the temple of the Lord, and met all the other expenses of restoring the temple.

Now Hiram king of Tyre sent envoys to David, along with cedar logs and carpenters and stonemasons, and they built a palace for David.

the carpenters, the builders and the masons. Also have them purchase timber and dressed stone to repair the temple.

remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, excluded from citizenship in Israel and foreigners to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world.

All these structures, from the outside to the great courtyard and from foundation to eaves, were made of blocks of high- grade stone cut to size and smoothed on their inner and outer faces.The foundations were laid with large stones of good quality, some measuring ten cubits and some eight.Above were high-grade stones, cut to size, and cedar beams.The great courtyard was surrounded by a wall of three courses of dressed stone and one course of trimmed cedar beams, as was the inner courtyard of the temple of the Lord with its portico.