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1 Kings 7:10
1 Kings 7:10 is verse 10 of 1 Kings chapter 7, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
The foundations were laid with large, costly stones, some ten cubits long and some eight cubits long.
10 cubits is approximately 15 feet or 4.6 meters.
8 cubits is approximately 12 feet or 3.7 meters.
King James Version
And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.
World English Bible
The foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits and stones of eight cubits.
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1 Kings 7:8–12 · Berean Standard Bible
8 And the palace where Solomon would live, set further back, was of similar construction. He also made a palace like this hall for Pharaoh’s daughter, whom he had married.
9 All these buildings were constructed with costly stones, cut to size and trimmed with saws inside and out from the foundation to the eaves, and from the outside to the great courtyard.
10 The foundations were laid with large, costly stones, some ten cubits long and some eight cubits long.
11 Above these were high-grade stones, cut to size, and cedar beams.
12 The great courtyard was surrounded by three rows of dressed stone and a row of trimmed cedar beams, as were the inner courtyard and portico of the house of the LORD.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Isaiah 28:16So this is what the Lord GOD says: “See, I lay a stone in Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation; the one who believes will never be shaken.
Isaiah 54:11“O afflicted city, lashed by storms, without solace, surely I will set your stones in antimony and lay your foundations with sapphires.
1 Corinthians 3:10By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as an expert builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one must be careful how he builds.
1 Corinthians 3:11For no one can lay a foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ.
Revelation 21:19The foundations of the city walls were adorned with every kind of precious stone: The first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald,
Revelation 21:20the fifth sardonyx, the sixth carnelian, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth amethyst.