1 Kings 5:16-18

New Catholic Bible

¹⁶ In addition, Solomon had three thousand and three hundred supervisors in charge of the work. They directed the people who did the work. ¹⁷ The king gave orders, and they prepared huge, costly stones to lay the foundation of the temple with hewn stones. ¹⁸ Thus Solomon’s workmen, and Hiram’s workmen, and the men of Gebal prepared the timber and the stone for the construction of the temple.