1 Kings 7:9
Hebrew Text— 1 Kings 7:9All these were of costly stones, even of cut stone, according to measure, sawed with saws, inside and outside, even from the foundation to the coping, and so on the outside to the great court.
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The house, when it was under construction, was built of stone prepared at the quarry; and no hammer or ax or any tool of iron was heard in the house while it was under construction.
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.
When they went, I heard the noise of their wings like the noise of great waters, like the voice of the Almighty, a noise of tumult like the noise of an army. When they stood, they let down their wings.
Or do you have an arm like God? Can you thunder with a voice like him?
I heard the noise of the wings of the living creatures as they touched one another, and the noise of the wheels beside them, even the noise of a great rushing.
Then he brought me into the outer court. Behold, there were rooms and a pavement made for the court all around. Thirty rooms were on the pavement.
On the third day, when it was morning, there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud on the mountain, and the sound of an exceedingly loud trumpet; and all the people who were in the camp trembled.
When the sound of the trumpet grew louder and louder, Moses spoke, and God answered him by a voice.
Yahweh thundered from heaven. The Most High uttered his voice.
The king commanded, and they cut out large stones, costly stones, to lay the foundation of the house with worked stone.
The priests brought in the ark of Yahweh’s covenant to its place, into the inner sanctuary of the house, to the most holy place, even under the cherubim’s wings.
For the Lord had made the army of the Syrians to hear the sound of chariots, and the sound of horses, even the noise of a great army; and they said to one another, “Behold, the king of Israel has hired against us the kings of the Hittites and the kings of the Egyptians to attack us.”
Furthermore he made the court of the priests, the great court, and doors for the court, and overlaid their doors with bronze.
Yahweh also thundered in the sky. The Most High uttered his voice: hailstones and coals of fire.
Yahweh’s voice is powerful. Yahweh’s voice is full of majesty.
To him who rides on the heaven of heavens, which are of old; behold, he utters his voice, a mighty voice.
The clouds poured out water. The skies resounded with thunder. Your arrows also flashed around.
The foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called, and the house was filled with smoke.
I heard the Lord’s voice, saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” Then I said, “Here I am. Send me!”
Therefore the Lord Yahweh says, “Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious cornerstone of a sure foundation. He who believes shall not act hastily.
Yahweh will cause his glorious voice to be heard, and will show the descent of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and the flame of a devouring fire, with a blast, storm, and hailstones.
“You afflicted, tossed with storms, and not comforted, behold, I will set your stones in beautiful colors, and lay your foundations with sapphires.
When he utters his voice, there is a roar of waters in the heavens, and he causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth. He makes lightning for the rain, and brings the wind out of his treasuries.
The sound of the wings of the cherubim was heard even to the outer court, as the voice of God Almighty when he speaks.
Then he brought me out into the outer court, and caused me to pass by the four corners of the court; and behold, in every corner of the court there was a court.
Therefore the multitude who stood by and heard it said that it had thundered. Others said, “An angel has spoken to him.”