1 Chronicles 22:2
World English Bible (WEB)
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.
In context
1 Then David said, “This is the house of the LORD God, and this is the altar of burnt offering for Israel.”
2 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.
3 David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates and for the couplings, and bronze in abundance without weight,
4 and cedar trees without number, for the Sidonians and the people of Tyre brought cedar trees in abundance to David.
1 Chronicles 22:2 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- 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.
- KJV King James Version
- 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.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- So David gave orders to gather the foreigners in the land of Israel, from whom he appointed stonecutters to prepare finished stones for building the house of God.
- ASV American Standard Version
- 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.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And David saith to gather the sojourners who [are] in the land of Israel, and appointeth hewers to hew hewn-stones to build a house of God.
- DBY Darby Translation
- And David commanded to collect the strangers that were in the land of Israel; and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of God.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And David commanded to assemble the strangers that were in the land of Israel; and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of God.