1 Kings 5:16-18

EasyEnglish Bible

¹⁶ He also had 3,300 officers who told the workers what they should do. ¹⁷ The king commanded the workers to cut large pieces of stone from the rocks. They cut the best stones into the right shape to build the foundation of the temple. ¹⁸ Solomon's men and Hiram's men worked together with men from Gebal.^[a] They cut the stones and the wood and they prepared them to build the temple.