1 Kings 5:17-18

17At the king’s command athey quarried out great, costly stones in order to lay the foundation of the house with dressed stones. 18So Solomon’s builders and Hiram’s builders and bthe men of Gebal did the cutting and prepared the timber and the stone to build the house.

Ezra 3:7

7So they gave money to the masons and the carpenters, cand food, drink, and oil to the Sidonians and the Tyrians dto bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea, to Joppa, eaccording to the grant that they had from Cyrus king of Persia.

Ezra 5:8

8Be it known to the king that we went to the province of Judah, to the house of the great God. It is being built with huge stones, and timber is laid in the walls. This work goes on diligently and prospers in their hands.

Luke 21:5

Jesus Foretells Destruction of the Temple

5 fAnd while some were speaking of the temple, how it was adorned with noble stones and offerings, he said,
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