You have a large number of skilled stonemasons and carpenters and craftsmen of every kind.
Parallel translations
- WEB There are also workmen with you in abundance, cutters and workers of stone and timber, and all kinds of men who are skillful in every kind of work;
- KJV Moreover there are workmen with thee in abundance, hewers and workers of stone and timber, and all manner of cunning men for every manner of work.
- BSB You also have many workers: stonecutters, masons, carpenters, and men skilled in every kind of work—
- NKJV Moreover there are workmen with you in abundance: woodsmen and stonecutters, and all types of skillful men for every kind of work.
- NASB Moreover there are many workmen with you, stonecutters, masons of stone, and carpenters; and all of them are skillful in every kind of work.
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Quick answer
David assured Solomon of abundant skilled workers, including stonecutters, carpenters, and craftsmen of every kind. The needed human resources were already gathered.
Overview
Beyond materials, David provided a workforce of expert artisans for the temple project. This careful preparation shows that God's work is accomplished through ordinary skilled labor offered to Him. The gathering of craftsmen of every kind reflects how God equips His people with diverse gifts to build up His house, a principle echoed in the New Testament church.
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Cross-references · 5
- Exod 31:3–5and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all kinds of workmanship,
- 1 Kgs 7:14He was the son of a widow of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass; and he was filled with wisdom and understanding and skill, to work all works in brass. He came to king Solomon, and performed all his work.
- Exod 28:6“They shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, and purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the skillful workman.
- Exod 35:35He has filled them with wisdom of heart, to work all kinds of workmanship, of the engraver, of the skillful workman, and of the embroiderer, in blue, in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver, even of those who do any workmanship, and of those who make skillful works.
- Exod 35:32and to make skillful works, to work in gold, in silver, in brass,
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