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

¹⁰ The foundation was of costly stones, huge stones, stones of eight and ten cubits. ¹¹ There were costly stones above, cut to measure, and cedarwood.

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