²David commanded to gather together the ^tresident aliens who were in the land of Israel, and he ^uset stonecutters to prepare dressed stones for building the house of God.

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t[1 Kgs. 9:20, 21; 2 Chr. 2:17]
u[1 Kgs. 5:17]

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NIVNew International Version (2011)

So David gave orders to assemble the foreigners residing in Israel, and from among them he appointed stonecutters to prepare dressed stone for building the house of God.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

So David gave orders to gather the resident aliens that were in the land of Israel, and he appointed stonecutters to cut finished stones for building God’s house.

NLTNew Living Translation

So David gave orders to call together the foreigners living in Israel, and he assigned them the task of preparing finished stone for building the Temple of God.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And David commanded to assemble the resident aliens who were in the land of Israel and appointed stone craftsmen to cut dressed stones to build the house of God.

KJV 1900King 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.

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