²⁵ If you make an altar of stones for me, do not build it with dressed stones, for you will defile it if you use a tool^(A) on it.

¹⁷ At the king’s command they removed from the quarry^(A) large blocks of high-grade stone^(B) to provide a foundation of dressed stone for the temple.

⁷ In building the temple, only blocks dressed^(A) at the quarry were used, and no hammer, chisel or any other iron tool^(B) was heard at the temple site while it was being built.