1 Kings 7:9

All of these were built with the best stones, chiseled to the right size and cut with a saw on all sides, from the foundation to the edge of the roof and from the outside to the great courtyard.

1 Kings 5:17

By royal order they supplied large valuable stones in order to build the temple's foundation with chiseled stone.

1 Kings 7:10-11

The foundation was made of large valuable stones, measuring either 15 feet or 12 feet.

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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

Bible References

Costly stones

1 Kings 7:10
The foundation was made of large valuable stones, measuring either 15 feet or 12 feet.
1 Kings 5:17
By royal order they supplied large valuable stones in order to build the temple's foundation with chiseled stone.

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