Lexicon :: Strong's G2311 - themelioō

At that time Joshua imposed this curse:

The man who undertakes

the rebuilding of this city, Jericho,

is cursed before the LORD.

He will lay its foundation

at the cost of his firstborn;

he will finish its gates

at the cost of his youngest.

Solomon began to build the temple for the LORD in the four hundred eightieth year after the Israelites came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of his reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv, which is the second month.[fn]

The foundation was made of large, costly stones twelve and fifteen feet[fn] long.

During his reign, Hiel the Bethelite built Jericho. At the cost of Abiram his firstborn, he laid its foundation, and at the cost of Segub his youngest, he finished its gates, according to the word of the LORD he had spoken through Joshua son of Nun.

All of Solomon’s work was carried out from the day the foundation was laid for the LORD’s temple until it was finished. So the LORD’s temple was completed.

In the third month they began building up the piles, and they finished in the seventh month.

On the first day of the seventh month they began to offer burnt offerings to the LORD, even though the foundation of the LORD’s temple had not yet been laid.

When the builders had laid the foundation of the LORD’s temple, the priests, dressed in their robes and holding trumpets, and the Levites descended from Asaph, holding cymbals, took their positions to praise the LORD, as King David of Israel had instructed.

He began the journey from Babylon on the first day of the first month and arrived in Jerusalem on the first day of the fifth month since the gracious hand of his God was on him.

Where were you when I established the earth?

Tell me, if you have[fn] understanding.

When I observe your heavens,

the work of your fingers,

the moon and the stars,

which you set in place,

for he laid its foundation on the seas

and established it on the rivers.

Just as we heard, so we have seen

in the city of the LORD of Armies,

in the city of our God;

God will establish it forever.Selah

He built his sanctuary like the heights,

like the earth that he established forever.

The city he founded[fn] is on the holy mountains.

And it will be said of Zion,

“This one and that one were born in her.”

The Most High himself will establish her.

The heavens are yours; the earth also is yours.

The world and everything in it ​— ​you founded them.

“Long ago you established the earth,

and the heavens are the work of your hands.

He established the earth on its foundations;

it will never be shaken.

mountains rose and valleys sank[fn] —

to the place you established for them.

Your faithfulness is for all generations;

you established the earth, and it stands firm.

Long ago I learned from your decrees

that you have established them forever.

The LORD founded the earth by wisdom

and established the heavens by understanding.

“I was formed[fn] before ancient times,

from the beginning, before the earth began.

An offended brother is harder to reach[fn]

than a fortified city,

and quarrels are like the bars of a fortress.

His legs are alabaster pillars

set on pedestals of pure gold.

His presence is like Lebanon,

as majestic as the cedars.

What answer will be given to the messengers from that nation?

The LORD has founded Zion,

and his oppressed people find refuge in her.

who says to Cyrus, “My shepherd,

he will fulfill all my pleasure”

and says to Jerusalem, “She will be rebuilt,”

and of the temple, “Its foundation will be laid.”

“My own hand founded the earth,

and my right hand spread out the heavens;

when I summoned them,

they stood up together.

But you have forgotten the LORD, your Maker,

who stretched out the heavens

and laid the foundations of the earth.

You are in constant dread all day long

because of the fury of the oppressor,

who has set himself to destroy.

But where is the fury of the oppressor?

I have put my words in your mouth,

and covered you in the shadow of my hand,

in order to plant[fn] the heavens,

to found the earth,

and to say to Zion, “You are my people.”

He builds his upper chambers

in the heavens

and lays the foundation of his vault

on the earth.

He summons the water of the sea

and pours it out over the surface of the earth.

The LORD is his name.

“From this day on, think carefully; from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, from the day the foundation of the LORD’s temple was laid; think carefully.

“Zerubbabel’s hands have laid the foundation of this house, and his hands will complete it. Then you will know that the LORD of Armies has sent me to you.

The LORD of Armies says this: “Let your hands be strong, you who now hear these words that the prophets spoke when the foundations were laid for the rebuilding of the temple, the house of the LORD of Armies.

A pronouncement:

The word of the LORD concerning Israel.

A declaration of the LORD,

who stretched out the heavens,

laid the foundation of the earth,

and formed the spirit of man within him.