So Solomon’s builders and Hiram’s builders and the Gebalites cut the stones, and they prepared the timbers and the stones to build the house.

And they handed the money which was assessed over to those who did the work, who had the oversight of the house of the Lord; and they paid it out to the carpenters and the builders who worked on the house of the Lord;

to the carpenters, the builders, the masons, and for buying timber and cut stone to repair the house.

They in turn gave it to the carpenters and the builders to buy quarried stone and timber for couplings, and to make beams for the houses which the kings of Judah had let go to ruin.

Now when the builders had laid the foundation of the temple of the Lord, the priests stood in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites, the sons of Asaph, with cymbals, to praise the Lord according to the directions of King David of Israel.

Builders of the Walls

Then Eliashib the high priest arose with his brothers the priests and built the Sheep Gate; they consecrated it and installed its doors. They consecrated the wall to the Tower of the Hundred and the Tower of Hananel.

Do not forgive their guilt and do not let their sin be wiped out before You, for they have demoralized the builders.

As for the builders, each wore his sword strapped to his waist as he built, while the trumpeter stood near me.

A stone which the builders rejected Has become the chief cornerstone.

Your builders hurry; Your destroyers and devastators Will leave you.

Your borders are in the heart of the seas; Your builders have perfected your beauty.

The Builders Encouraged

On the twenty-first of the seventh month, the word of the Lord came by Haggai the prophet, saying,