All these were [a]of costly stones, hewed by measure, and sawed with saws within and without, from the foundation unto [b]the stones of an [c]hand breadth, and on the outside to the great court.

10 And the foundation was of costly stones, and great stones, even of stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.

11 [d]Above also were costly stones squared by rule, and boards of cedar.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 7:9 Or, precious.
  2. 1 Kings 7:9 Which were rests and stays for the beams to lie upon.
  3. 1 Kings 7:9 Or, span.
  4. 1 Kings 7:11 From the foundation upward.

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