¹⁶ These numbers do not include Solomon’s 3,300^[a] agents who were head administrators over the project and the workers. ¹⁷ The king gave instructions, and the workers laid the giant, expensive stones to form the foundation of the temple. ¹⁸ Both Solomon’s construction workers and Hiram’s skilled workers, along with the Gebalites, cut the materials to make the timber and stones ready for the temple.