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Then
athe king commanded, and they quarried great stones, costly stones, to lay the foundation of the house with cut stones.
a
1 Kings 6:7, 1 Chronicles 22:2
1 Kings 6
7
aThe house, while it was being built, was built of stone prepared at the quarry, and there was neither hammer nor axe nor any iron tool heard in the house while it was being built.
1 Chronicles 22
2
So David gave orders to gather athe foreigners who were in the land of Israel, and bhe set stonecutters to hew out stones to build the house of God.