1 Kings 7:8-10

International Standard Version

⁸ Solomon’s^[a] personal dwelling quarters, a separate court behind the hall, was of similar workmanship. Solomon^[b] also built a house similar to this for Pharaoh’s daughter, whom Solomon had married.

⁹ All of these were made with expensive stones, pre-cut according to specifications, hand-sawed inside and out from the foundation to the coping, including from inside to the great court. ¹⁰ The foundation was made of expensive stone, including large stones ten cubits^[c] long and stones eight cubits^[d] long.