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

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.

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

Above the foundation the best stones, chiseled to the right size, were used along with cedar.

"O afflicted one, driven away, and unconsoled! Look, I am about to set your stones in antimony and I lay your foundation with lapis-lazuli.

No one will use any of your stones as a cornerstone. No one will use any of them in the foundation of his house. For you will lie desolate forever," says the Lord.