The king commanded them to quarry large, costly stones to lay the foundation of the temple with dressed stones.

All of these buildings were of costly stones, cut to size and sawed with saws on the inner and outer surfaces, from foundation to coping and from the outside to the great courtyard.

The foundation was made of large, costly stones 12 and 15 feet long.

If anyone builds on that foundation with gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay, or straw,