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2 Chroniques 2 17
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. (niv)
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1 Rois 5 17-1 Rois 5 18
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. (niv)
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1 Rois 9 20-1 Rois 9 21
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. (niv)
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Esdras 3:7
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. (niv)
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1 Rois 6 7
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. (niv)
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Ephésiens 2:19-22
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. (niv)
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Esaïe 61:5-6
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. (niv)
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2 Chroniques 8 7-2 Chroniques 8 8
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. (niv)
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1 Chroniques 14 1
Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, along with cedar logs, stonemasons and carpenters to build a palace for him. (niv)
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2 Rois 12 12
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. (niv)
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2 Samuel 5 11
Now Hiram king of Tyre sent envoys to David, along with cedar logs and carpenters and stonemasons, and they built a palace for David. (niv)
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2 Rois 22 6
the carpenters, the builders and the masons. Also have them purchase timber and dressed stone to repair the temple. (niv)
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Ephésiens 2:12
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. (niv)
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1 Rois 7 9-1 Rois 7 12
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. (niv)