1 Kings 7:9
All these buildings were made, inside and out, from base to crowning stone, and outside to the great walled square, of highly priced stone, cut to different sizes with cutting-instruments.
1 Kings 5:17
By the king's orders great stones, stones of high price, were cut out, so that the base of the house might be made of squared stone.
1 Kings 7:10-11
And the base was of great masses of highly priced stone, some ten cubits and some eight cubits square.
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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.
Costly stones
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Costly stones
1 Kings 7:10
And the base was of great masses of highly priced stone, some ten cubits and some eight cubits square.
1 Kings 5:17
By the king's orders great stones, stones of high price, were cut out, so that the base of the house might be made of squared stone.