^7 (A)The house, while it was being built, was built of stone ^[a]prepared at the quarry, and there was neither hammer nor axe nor any iron tool heard in the house while it was being built.

² So David ^[a]gave orders to gather ^(A)the foreigners who were in the land of Israel, and ^(B)he set stonecutters to hew out stones to build the house of God.