1 Kings 5:17
“And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house.”
And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains;
Beside the chief of Solomon’s officers which were over the work, three thousand and three hundred, which ruled over the people that wrought in the work.
And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house.
And Solomon’s builders and Hiram’s builders did hew them, and the stonesquarers: so they prepared timber and stones to build the house.
Related Verses
“And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.”
“And Solomon’s builders and Hiram’s builders did hew them, and the stonesquarers: so they prepared timber and stones to build the house.”
“All these were of costly stones, according to the measures of hewed stones, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the foundation unto the coping, and so on the outside toward the great court.”
“With three rows of great stones, and a row of new timber: and let the expenses be given out of the king’s house:”
“And above were costly stones, after the measures of hewed stones, and cedars.”