9All these were of costly stones, according to the measures of hewed stones, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the foundation unto the coping, and so on the outside toward the great court.
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And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits. …
And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-12)Never had any man so much of the spirit of building as Solomon had, nor to better purpose; he began with the temple, built for God first, and then all his other buildings were comfortable. The surest foundations of lasting prosperity are those which are laid in an early piety, Matt. 6:33. 1. He built a house for himself (1 Kgs. 7:1), where he dwelt , 1 Kgs. 7:8. His father had built a good house;…
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