1 Chronicles 11:8 And he took in hand the building of the town all round, starting from the Millo; and Joab put the rest of the town in order. (BBE)
1 Chronicles 14:1 And Hiram, king of Tyre, sent men to David with cedar-trees, and stoneworkers and woodworkers for the building of his house. (BBE)
1 Chronicles 22:2 And David gave orders to get together all the men from strange lands who were in the land of Israel; and he put stone-cutters to work, cutting stones for building the house of God. (BBE RSV NIV)
1 Chronicles 22:6 Then he sent for his son Solomon, and gave him orders for the building of a house for the Lord, the God of Israel. (BBE)
1 Chronicles 22:11 Now, my son, the LORD be with thee; and prosper thou, and build the house of the LORD thy God, as He hath spoken concerning thee. (See RSV)
1 Chronicles 22:19 Now give your heart and soul to the worship of the Lord your God; and get to work on the building of the holy place of the Lord God, so that you may put the ark of the Lord's agreement and the holy vessels of God in the house which is to be made for the name of the Lord. (BBE)
1 Chronicles 26:27 From the goods taken in war, they gave, as a holy offering, materials for the building of the house of the Lord. (BBE)
1 Chronicles 28:2 Then David the king stood up on his feet, and said, Hear me, my brothers, and my people: as for me, it was in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, and for the footstool of our God; and I had made ready for the building. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE WBS RSV)
1 Chronicles 29:16 O Lord our God, all this store, which we have made ready for the building of a house for your holy name, comes from your hand and is yours. (BBE RSV NIV)
2 Chronicles 2:3 And Solomon sent to Huram, king of Tyre, saying, As you did for my father David, sending him cedar-trees for the building of his house, (BBE)
2 Chronicles 2:4 See! I am building a house for the name of the Lord my God, to be made holy to him, where perfumes of sweet spices will be burned before him, and the holy bread will be placed at all times, and burned offerings will be offered morning and evening, on the Sabbaths and at the new moons, and on the regular feasts of the Lord our God. This is a law for ever to Israel. (BBE YLT)
2 Chronicles 2:5 And the house which I am building is to be great, for our God is greater than all gods. (BBE YLT)
2 Chronicles 2:6 But who may have strength enough to make a house for him, seeing that the heaven and the heaven of heavens are not wide enough to be his resting-place? who am I then to make a house for him? But I am building it only for the burning of perfume before him. (BBE)
2 Chronicles 2:9 To get trees for me in great numbers, for the house which I am building is to be great and a wonder. (BBE YLT)
2 Chronicles 3:1 Then Solomon made a start at building the house of the Lord on Mount Moriah in Jerusalem, where the Lord had been seen by his father David, in the place which David had made ready in the grain-floor of Ornan the Jebusite. (BBE)
2 Chronicles 3:2 The building was started in the second month in the fourth year of his rule. (BBE NIV)
2 Chronicles 3:3 Now these are the foundations which Solomon laid for the building of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first measure was sixty cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits. (WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS NAS RSV NIV)
2 Chronicles 3:4 The porch that was before the house, its length, according to the breadth of the house, was twenty cubits, and the height one hundred twenty; and he overlaid it within with pure gold. (See NIV)
2 Chronicles 6:5 From the day when I took my people out of the land of Egypt, no town in all the tribes of Israel has been marked out by me for the building of a house for the resting-place of my name; and I took no man to be a ruler over my people Israel; (BBE)
2 Chronicles 7:11 So Solomon came to the end of building the house of the Lord and the king's house; and everything which it was in his mind to make in the house of the Lord and for himself had been well done. (BBE)
2 Chronicles 8:2 He took in hand the building up of the towns which Huram had given him, causing the children of Israel to make living-places for themselves there. (BBE)
2 Chronicles 8:16 And all the work of Solomon was complete, from the day when he put the base of the Lord's house in position, till Solomon had come to the end of building the Lord's house. (BBE)
2 Chronicles 11:5 Now Rehoboam kept in Jerusalem, building walled towns in Judah. (BBE)
2 Chronicles 14:7 He said to Judah, Let us make these towns, building walls round them with towers and doors and locks. The land is still ours, because we have been true to the Lord our God; we have been true to him and he has given us rest on every side. So they went on building and all went well for them. (BBE)
2 Chronicles 16:1 In the thirty-sixth year of the rule of Asa, Baasha, king of Israel, went up against Judah, building Ramah so that no one was able to go out or in to Asa, king of Judah. (BBE)
2 Chronicles 16:5 It happened, when Baasha heard of it, that he left off building Ramah, and let his work cease. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT RSV NIV)
2 Chronicles 16:6 Then Asa the king took all Judah; and they carried away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha was building; and he built therewith Geba and Mizpah. (KJV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV)
2 Chronicles 20:8 And they made it their living-place, building there a holy house for your name, and saying, (BBE)
2 Chronicles 20:36 Together they made ships to go to Tarshish, building them in Ezion-geber. (BBE RSV)
2 Chronicles 24:13 So the workmen did their work, making good what was damaged and building up the house of God till it was strong and beautiful again. (BBE)
2 Chronicles 24:27 Now concerning his sons, and the greatness of the burdens laid on him, and the rebuilding of the house of God, behold, they are written in the commentary of the book of the kings. Amaziah his son reigned in his place. (Root in WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY NAS RSV)
2 Chronicles 27:3 He put up the higher doorway of the house of the Lord, and did much building on the wall of the Ophel. (BBE RSV)
2 Chronicles 32:5 Then he took heart, building up the wall where it was broken down, and making its towers higher, and building another wall outside; and he made strong the Millo in the town of David, and got together a great store of all sorts of instruments of war. (BBE NIV)
2 Chronicles 34:10 And they gave it to the overseers of the work of the Lord's house, and the overseers gave it to the workmen working in the house, for building it up and making good what was damaged; (BBE)
2 Chronicles 36:23 Cyrus, king of Persia, has said, All the kingdoms of the earth have been given to me by the Lord, the God of heaven; and he has made me responsible for building a house for him in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whoever there is among you of all his people, may the Lord his God be with him and let him go up. (BBE)
Ezra 1:2 These are the words of Cyrus, king of Persia: The Lord God of heaven has given me all the kingdoms of the earth; and he has made me responsible for building a house for him in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. (BBE)
Ezra 1:3 Whoever there is among you of his people, may his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and take in hand the building of the house of the Lord, the God of Israel; he is the God who is in Jerusalem. (BBE)
Ezra 1:5 Then the heads of families of Judah and Benjamin, with the priests and the Levites, got ready, even all those whose spirits were moved by God to go up and take in hand the building of the Lord's house in Jerusalem. (BBE)
Ezra 2:68 And some of the heads of families, when they came to the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem, gave freely of their wealth for the building up of the house of God in its place: (BBE NIV)
Ezra 3:8 Now in the second year of their coming to the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the rest of their brothers the priests and the Levites, and all those who were come out of the captivity to Jerusalem, and appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to have the oversight of the work of the house of Yahweh. (See NIV)
Ezra 3:10 And those building have founded the temple of Jehovah, and they appoint the priests, clothed, with trumpets, and the Levites, sons of Asaph, with cymbals, to praise Jehovah, by means of 'the instruments of' David king of Israel. (YLT)
Ezra 4:1 Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity were building a temple to Yahweh, the God of Israel; (WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)
Ezra 4:2 Then they came to Zerubbabel and to the heads of families, and said to them, Let us take part in the building with you; for we are servants of your God, even as you are; and we have been making offerings to him from the days of Esar-haddon, king of Assyria, who put us here. (BBE)
Ezra 4:3 But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the heads of fathers' houses of Israel, said to them, You have nothing to do with us in building a house to our God; but we ourselves together will build to Yahweh, the God of Israel, as king Cyrus the king of Persia has commanded us. (WEB ASV BBE NAS RSV NIV)
Ezra 4:4 Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building, (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)
Ezra 4:12 Be it known to the king, that the Jews who came up from you are come to us to Jerusalem; they are building the rebellious and the bad city, and have finished the walls, and repaired the foundations. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)
Ezra 4:13 The king may be certain that when the building of this town and its walls is complete, they will give no tax or payment in goods or forced payments, and in the end it will be a cause of loss to the kings. (BBE)
Ezra 4:16 We give you word, that if the building of this town and its walls is made complete, there will be an end of your power in the country across the river. (BBE)
Ezra 4:21 Give an order now, that these men are to do nothing more, and that the building of the town is to be stopped, till I give an order. (BBE)
Ezra 5:2 Then Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, got up and made a start at building the house of God at Jerusalem: and the prophets of God were with them, helping them. (BBE)
Ezra 5:3 At the same time, Tattenai, ruler of the land across the river, and Shethar-bozenai, and their men, came to them and said, Who gave you orders to go on building this house and this wall? (BBE)
Ezra 5:4 Then we told them after this manner, what the names of the men were who were making this building. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)
Ezra 5:8 Be it known unto the king, that we went into the province of Judah, to the house of the great God, which is builded with great stones, and timber is laid in the walls, and this work goeth on with diligence and prospereth in their hands. (See NIV)
Ezra 5:9 Then we said to the men responsible, who gave you authority for the building of this house and these walls? (BBE)
Ezra 5:11 Thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and are building the house that was built these many years ago, which a great king of Israel built and finished. (WEB ASV BBE YLT NAS RSV NIV)
Ezra 5:13 But in the first year of Cyrus, king of Babylon, Cyrus the king gave an order for the building of this house of God; (BBE)
Ezra 5:16 Then came the same Sheshbazzar, and laid the foundations of the house of God which is in Jerusalem: and since that time even until now has it been in building, and yet it is not completed. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT RSV)
Ezra 5:17 So now, if it seems good to the king, let search be made in the king's store-house at Babylon, to see if it is true that an order was given by Cyrus the king for the building of this house of God at Jerusalem, and let the king send us word of his pleasure in connection with this business. (BBE RSV)
Ezra 6:8 Moreover I make a decree what you shall do to these elders of the Jews for the building of this house of God: that of the king's goods, even of the tribute beyond the River, expenses be given with all diligence to these men, that they be not hindered. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV)
Ezra 6:14 And the responsible men of the Jews went on with their building, and did well, helped by the teaching of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah, the son of Iddo. They went on building till it was complete, in keeping with the word of the God of Israel, and the orders given by Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes, king of Persia. (BBE YLT NAS RSV NIV)
Ezra 6:15 And the building of this house was complete on the third day of the month Adar, in the sixth year of the rule of Darius the king. (BBE)
Nehemiah 2:5 And I said to the king, If it is the king's pleasure, and if your servant has your approval, send me to Judah, to the town where the bodies of my fathers are at rest, so that I may take in hand the building of it. (BBE)
Nehemiah 2:18 Then I gave them an account of how the hand of my God was on me, helping me; and of the king's words which he had said to me. And they said, Let us get to work on the building. So they made their hands strong for the good work. (BBE NIV)
Nehemiah 2:20 Then answering them I said, The God of heaven, he will be our help; so we his servants will go on with our building: but you have no part or right or any name in Jerusalem. (BBE NIV)
Nehemiah 3:1 Then Eliashib, the chief priest, got up with his brothers the priests, and took in hand the building of the sheep doorway; they made it holy and put its doors in position; as far as the tower of Hammeah they made it holy, even to the tower of Hananel. (BBE NIV)
Nehemiah 3:2 And by his side the men of Jericho were building. And after them, Zaccur, the son of Imri. (BBE)
Nehemiah 3:8 Near them was working Uzziel, the son of Harhaiah, the gold-worker. And by him was Hananiah, one of the perfume-makers, building up Jerusalem as far as the wide wall. (BBE)
Nehemiah 3:14 And Malchijah, the son of Rechab, the ruler of the division of Beth-haccherem, made good the doorway of the waste, building it up and putting up its doors, with their locks and rods. (BBE)
Nehemiah 3:15 And Shallun, the son of Col-hozeh, the ruler of the division of Mizpah, made good the doorway of the fountain, building it up and covering it and putting up its doors, with their locks and rods, with the wall of the pool of Shelah by the king's garden, as far as the steps which go down from the town of David. (BBE)
Nehemiah 4:1 But it happened that when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, he was angry, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews. (WEB ASV BBE WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)
Nehemiah 4:3 Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they are building, if a fox go up, he shall break down their stone wall. (WEB ASV BBE YLT NAS RSV NIV)
Nehemiah 4:5 and do not cover over their iniquity, and their sin from before Thee let not be blotted out, for they have provoked to anger -- over-against those building. (YLT)
Nehemiah 4:6 So we went on building the wall; and all the wall was joined together half-way up: for the people were working hard. (BBE)
Nehemiah 4:7 But when it came to the ears of Sanballat and Tobiah and the Arabians and the Ammonites and the Ashdodites, that the building of the walls of Jerusalem was going forward and the broken places were being made good, they were full of wrath; (BBE)
Nehemiah 4:17 Those who were building the wall and those who were moving material did their part, everyone working with one hand, with his spear in the other; (BBE NAS RSV NIV)
Nehemiah 4:18 And the builders 'are' each with his sword, girded on his loins, and building, and he who is blowing with a trumpet 'is' beside me. (YLT)
Nehemiah 6:1 Now when word was given to Sanballat and Tobiah and to Geshem the Arabian and to the rest of our haters, that I had done the building of the wall and that there were no more broken places in it (though even then I had not put up the doors in the doorways); (BBE)
Nehemiah 6:6 in which was written, It is reported among the nations, and Gashmu says it, that you and the Jews think to rebel; for which cause you are building the wall: and you would be their king, according to these words. (WEB ASV BBE YLT NAS RSV NIV)
Nehemiah 7:1 Now when the building of the wall was complete and I had put up the doors, and the door-keepers and the music-makers and the Levites had been given their places, (BBE)
Job 3:14 With kings and counsellors of earth, These building wastes for themselves. (YLT)
Job 8:6 If you are clean and upright; then he will certainly be moved to take up your cause, and will make clear your righteousness by building up your house again. (BBE)
Job 12:14 Truly, there is no building up of what is pulled down by him; when a man is shut up by him, no one may let him loose. (BBE)
Psalms 51:18 Do good to Zion in your good pleasure, building up the walls of Jerusalem. (BBE)
Psalms 118:22 The stone which the builders put on one side has become the chief stone of the building. (BBE)
Psalms 147:2 The Lord is building up Jerusalem; he makes all the outlaws of Israel come together. (BBE YLT)
Proverbs 14:1 Wisdom is building her house, but the foolish woman is pulling it down with her hands. (BBE)
Proverbs 24:3 The building of a house is by wisdom, and by reason it is made strong: (BBE)
Proverbs 24:27 Put your work in order outside, and make it ready in the field; and after that, see to the building of your house. (BBE)
Ecclesiastes 2:4 I undertook great works, building myself houses and planting vine-gardens. (BBE)
Ecclesiastes 3:3 A time to put to death and a time to make well; a time for pulling down and a time for building up; (BBE)
Ecclesiastes 9:14 There was a little town and the number of its men was small, and there came a great king against it and made an attack on it, building works of war round about it. (BBE RSV)
Ecclesiastes 10:18 By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through. (KJV WBS)
Isaiah 44:26 Who makes the word of his servants certain, and gives effect to the purposes of his representatives; who says of Jerusalem, Her people will come back to her; and of the towns of Judah, I will give orders for their building, and will make her waste places fertile again: (BBE)
Isaiah 44:28 Who says of Cyrus, He will take care of my sheep, and will do all my pleasure: who says of Jerusalem, I will give the word for your building; and of the Temple, Your bases will be put in place. (BBE)
Isaiah 45:13 I have sent him out to overcome the nations, and I will make all his ways straight: I will give him the work of building my town, and he will let my prisoners go free, without price or reward, says the Lord of armies. (BBE)
Isaiah 49:17 Hastened have those building thee, Those destroying thee, and laying thee waste, go out from thee. (YLT)
Isaiah 58:12 And your sons will be building again the old waste places: you will make strong the bases of old generations: and you will be named, He who puts up the broken walls, and, He who makes ready the ways for use. (BBE)
Isaiah 60:10 And men from strange countries will be building up your walls, and their kings will be your servants: for in my wrath I sent punishment on you, but in my grace I have had mercy on you. (BBE)
Isaiah 61:4 And they will be building again the old broken walls, and will make new the old waste places, and will put up again the towns which have been waste for long generations. (BBE)
Isaiah 65:21 And they will be building houses and living in them; planting vine-gardens and getting the fruit of them. (BBE)