1 Kings 7:9

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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.

Cross References

1 Kings 5:17

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

1 Kings 7:8

His own house where he would reside, in the other court back of the hall, was of the same construction. Solomon also made a house like this hall for Pharaoh’s daughter, whom he had taken in marriage.