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Stones: Great, in Solomon's Temple

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1 Kings 5:17, 18 And the king commanded them to quarry large, costly stones to lay the foundation of the temple with dressed stones. / So Solomon’s and Hiram’s builders, along with the Gebalites, quarried the stone and prepared the timber and stone for the construction of the temple.
1 Kings 7:9–12 All these buildings were constructed with costly stones, cut to size and trimmed with saws inside and out from the foundation to the eaves, and from the outside to the great courtyard. / The foundations were laid with large, costly stones, some ten cubits long and some eight cubits long. / Above these were high-grade stones, cut to size, and cedar beams.