All these buildings were constructed with costly stones, cut to size and trimmed with saws inside and out from the foundation to the eaves, and from the outside to the great courtyard. Cross References 1 Kings 7:8 And the palace where Solomon would live, set further back, was of similar construction. He also made a palace like this hall for Pharaoh's daughter, whom he had married. 1 Kings 7:10 The foundations were laid with large, costly stones, some ten cubits long and some eight cubits long. Treasury of Scripture All these were of costly stones, according to the measures of hewed stones, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the foundation to the coping, and so on the outside toward the great court. costly stones 1 Kings 7:10,11 1 Kings 5:17 |