1 Kings 5:16-18

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¹⁶besides Solomon’s 3,300 chief deputies who were in charge of the project and who were in charge of the people doing the work. ¹⁷The king gave orders, and they quarried great ^[a]stones, valuable stones, to lay the foundation of the house (temple) with cut stones. ¹⁸So Solomon’s builders and Hiram’s builders and the men of ^[b]Gebal cut and chiseled the stones, and prepared the timber and the stones to build the house (temple).

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Footnotes

1 Kings 5:17 These great foundation stones still exist. One of them is almost thirty-nine feet long; it is the chief cornerstone of the Dome of the Rock’s massive wall, placed in its present position 3,000 years ago. Markings on the stones represent the culture of Phoenicia, the region around Tyre from which Solomon received building materials for the temple.
1 Kings 5:18 A city in Lebanon, ancient Byblos.