¹⁸The skilled workers of Solomon and Hiram cut and prepared the logs and stones. They would later be used in building the temple. The people of Byblos helped the workers.

Read in Logos

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

So Solomon’s builders and Hiram’s builders and the men of Gebal did the cutting and prepared the timber and the stone to build the house.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

The craftsmen of Solomon and Hiram and workers from Byblos cut and prepared the timber and stone for the building of the temple.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

So Solomon’s builders and Hiram’s builders, along with the Gebalites, quarried the stone and prepared the timber and stone for the temple’s construction.

NLTNew Living Translation

Men from the city of Gebal helped Solomon’s and Hiram’s builders prepare the timber and stone for the Temple.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

So Solomon’s builders and Hiram’s builders and the Gebalites hewed stones, and they prepared the timber and the stone to build the house.

KJV 1900King James Version

And Solomon’s builders and Hiram’s builders did hew them, and the stonesquarers: so they prepared timber and stones to build the house.

Public Domain