Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
1 Kings 7:10
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The foundations were laid with large, costly stones, some ten cubits long and some eight cubits long.
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And the foundation [was of] costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.
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The foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits and stones of eight cubits.
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ASVAmerican Standard Version
And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.
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1 Kings 7
8 And the palace where Solomon would live, set further back, was of similar construction. He also made a palace like this hall for Pharaoh’s daughter, whom he had married.
9 All these buildings were constructed with costly stones, cut to size and trimmed with saws inside and out from the foundation to the eaves, and from the outside to the great courtyard.
10 The foundations were laid with large, costly stones, some ten cubits long and some eight cubits long.
11 Above these were costly stones, cut to size, and cedar beams.
12 The great courtyard was surrounded by three rows of dressed stone and a row of trimmed cedar beams, as were the inner courtyard and portico of the house of the LORD.
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