⁹ All these were made of costly stones, cut according to measure, sawed with saws, back and front, even from the foundation to the coping, and from the outside to the great court.

¹⁰ The foundation was of costly stones, huge stones, stones of eight and ten cubits. ¹¹ And above were costly stones, cut according to measurement, and cedar.

¹⁷ At the king's command ^(A)they quarried out great, costly stones in order to lay the foundation of the house with dressed stones.