1 Kings 5:32

11 translations of 93 that include the Old Testament

Brenton English Septuagint

And they prepared the stones and the timber during three years.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

And they prepared the stones and the timber during three years.

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

And the Bonei Sh'lomo and Bonei Chiram did chisel them, and the stonesquarers; so they prepared etzim (timber) and avanim (stones) to build the Bayit.

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Croatian Bible

Graditelji Salomonovi i Hiramovi, i oni iz Gibela, tesali su i pripremali drvo i klesali za gradnju Hrama.

French: Bible J.N. Darby

Et les ouvriers de Salomon et les ouvriers de Hiram, et les Guibliens, taillèrent et préparèrent le bois et les pierres pour bâtir la maison.

German Textbibel

Und die Bauleute Salomos und Hirams behieben sie und machten Fugenränder daran und richteten die Stämme und die Steine zum Bau des Tempels her.

SEPTUAGINTA

καὶ ἡτοίμασαν τοὺς λίθους καὶ τὰ ξύλα τρία ἔτη.

Brenton Septuagint

Καὶ ἡτοίμασαν τοὺς λίθους καὶ τὰ ξύλα τρία ἔτη.

Hebrew Masoretic OT

וַֽיִּפְסְל֞וּ בֹּנֵ֧י שְׁלֹמֹ֛ה וּבֹנֵ֥י חִירֹ֖ום וְהַגִּבְלִ֑ים וַיָּכִ֛ינוּ הָעֵצִ֥ים וְהָאֲבָנִ֖ים לִבְנֹ֥ות הַבָּֽיִת׃ פ

Mashi Bible

Abûbasi ba Salomoni n’abà Hiramu haguma n’Abagibliti bakakombêza amabuye n’okubinja emirhi y’okuyûbaka enyumpa.

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Hebrew OT (WLC)

וַֽיִּפְסְל֞וּ בֹּנֵ֧י שְׁלֹמֹ֛ה וּבֹנֵ֥י חִיר֖וֹם וְהַגִּבְלִ֑ים וַיָּכִ֛ינוּ הָעֵצִ֥ים וְהָאֲבָנִ֖ים לִבְנ֥וֹת הַבָּֽיִת׃ פ

Attribution

When was this written?

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.

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Elsewhere in the world

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.

1 Kings 5:32

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

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

Croatian Bible ☆

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

German Textbibel ☆

SEPTUAGINTA ☆

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

Mashi Bible ☆

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆