1 Kings 7:9

Bible in Basic English 1965

All these buildings were made, inside and out, from base to crowning stone, and outside to the great walled square, of highly priced stone, cut to different sizes with cutting-instruments.

Cross References

1 Kings 5:17

By the king's orders great stones, stones of high price, were cut out, so that the base of the house might be made of squared stone.

1 Kings 7:8

And the house for his living-place, the other open square in the covered room, was made in the same way. And then he made a house like it for Pharaoh's daughter, whom Solomon had taken as his wife.