1 Kings 7:9-13

⁹All these buildings were built using stone blocks that were expensive to produce. They were cut to size and trimmed with saws on the inside and outside. These stones were used from the foundation to the eaves, from the outside of the building all the way to the great courtyard.

¹⁰The foundations were laid with very large top-quality stones, between eight and ten cubits long.

¹¹On these were placed top-quality stones, cut to size, along with cedar timber.

¹²Around the great courtyard, the inner courtyard, and the porch of the Lord's Temple were three courses of dressed stone and a course of cedar beams.

¹³King Solomon sent for Hiram from Tyre.