1 Chronicles 22:2
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
So David gave orders to gather the foreigners in the land of Israel, from whom he appointed stonecutters to prepare finished stones for building the house of God.

Young's Literal Translation
And David saith to gather the sojourners who [are] in the land of Israel, and appointeth hewers to hew hewn-stones to build a house of God.

King James Bible
And David commanded to gather together the strangers that [were] in the land of Israel; and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of God.

Hebrew
So David
דָּוִ֔יד (dā·wîḏ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse

gave orders
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

to gather
לִכְנוֹס֙ (liḵ·nō·ws)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 3664: To collect, to enfold

the foreigners
הַגֵּרִ֔ים (hag·gê·rîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 1616: A guest, a foreigner

in the land
בְּאֶ֣רֶץ (bə·’e·reṣ)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 776: Earth, land

of Israel,
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל (yiś·rā·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc

from whom he appointed
וַיַּעֲמֵ֣ד (way·ya·‘ă·mêḏ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5975: To stand, in various relations

stonecutters
חֹֽצְבִ֗ים (ḥō·ṣə·ḇîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 2672: To cut, carve, to hew, split, square, quarry, engrave

to prepare
לַחְצוֹב֙ (laḥ·ṣō·wḇ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 2672: To cut, carve, to hew, split, square, quarry, engrave

finished
גָזִ֔ית (ḡā·zîṯ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 1496: Something cut, dressed stone

stones
אַבְנֵ֣י (’aḇ·nê)
Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's 68: A stone

for building
לִבְנ֖וֹת (liḇ·nō·wṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 1129: To build

the house
בֵּ֥ית (bêṯ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1004: A house

of God.
הָאֱלֹהִֽים׃ (hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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