1 Kings 5:31

7 translations of 93 that include the Old Testament

The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible

And HaMelech commanded, and avanim gedolot (great stones) they quarried, costly stones, to lay the foundation of the Bayit with hewn stones.

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Kralj je zapovjedio da lome gromade biranog kamena i da ih klešu za temelje Hrama.

Et le roi commanda, et on transporta de grandes pierres, des pierres de prix, pour faire les fondements de la maison, des pierres de taille.

Und der König gab Befehl, daß sie große Steine ausbrächen, kostbare Steine, um den Grund des Hauses mit Quadersteinen zu legen.

וַיְצַ֣ו הַמֶּ֡לֶךְ וַיַּסִּעוּ֩ אֲבָנִ֨ים גְּדֹלֹ֜ות אֲבָנִ֧ים יְקָרֹ֛ות לְיַסֵּ֥ד הַבָּ֖יִת אַבְנֵ֥י גָזִֽית׃

Mwâmi Salomoni arhegeka okuhumba amabuye manene, mabuye minjinjà g’okuyimanza eciriba c’enyumpa.

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וַיְצַ֣ו הַמֶּ֡לֶךְ וַיַּסִּעוּ֩ אֲבָנִ֨ים גְּדֹל֜וֹת אֲבָנִ֧ים יְקָר֛וֹת לְיַסֵּ֥ד הַבָּ֖יִת אַבְנֵ֥י גָזִֽית׃

Traditions differ. Each position is shown rather than one asserted as settled.

Traditional: 560 BC–540 BC Jeremiah
Traditionally Jeremiah, writing as the exile began.
Critical: 620 BC–550 BC Deuteronomistic historians
A first edition under Josiah, revised after the fall of Jerusalem.

Events overlapping when this passage is dated (620 BC–540 BC).

1200 BC–400 BC Olmec civilisation Mesoamerica
The earliest major Mesoamerican civilisation, known for colossal stone heads and an early calendar.
1200 BC–600 BC Zoroaster teaches in Persia Persia
Founder of Zoroastrianism, whose dating is disputed by as much as six centuries. His teaching on a cosmic struggle between good and evil later touched Jewish and Christian thought.
1070 BC–350 AD The kingdom of Kush Africa
A Nubian power on the upper Nile that ruled Egypt itself as its twenty-fifth dynasty.
745 BC–609 BC Neo-Assyrian empire at its height Mesopotamia
Assyria dominated the Near East, deporting conquered populations as policy, including the northern kingdom of Israel.
624 BC–546 BC Greek philosophy begins at Miletus Greece
Thales sought natural rather than mythic explanations, the beginning of Greek science.
620 BC–560 BC Coinage invented in Lydia Anatolia
Stamped electrum coins of guaranteed weight, an idea that spread across the ancient world within a century.
600 BC–500 BC Daoism takes shape in China China
The teaching associated with Laozi, emphasising harmony with the natural order.
599 BC–527 BC Mahavira and the rise of Jainism India
A contemporary of the Buddha whose teaching centred on non-violence toward every living thing.