lay the foundation # 11_1KI_05_17  And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, [and] hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house. ## And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, [and] hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house. 
lay the foundation # 14_2CH_31_07  In the third month they began to lay the foundation of the heaps, and finished [them] in the seventh month. ## In the third month they began to lay the foundation of the heaps, and finished [them] in the seventh month. 
lay the foundation # 06_JOS_06_26  And Joshua adjured [them] at that time, saying, Cursed [be] the man before the LORD, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho_ he shall lay the foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his youngest [son] shall he set up the gates of it. ## And Joshua adjured [them] at that time, saying, Cursed [be] the man before the LORD, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho: he shall lay the foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his youngest [son] shall he set up the gates of it.