And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither: so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.
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Gill's Exposition
And the house, when it was in building,.... And all the while it was building:
was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither; being hewn or squared by the builders and stonesquarers of…
Barnes' Notes
The spirit of the command (marginal references), was followed. Thus the fabric rose without noise.
Adam Clarke
The house - was built of stone - It appears that every stone was hewn and squared, and its place in the building ascertained, before it came to Jerusalem: the timbers were fitted in like manner. This…
Here, I. The temple is called the house of the Lord (Kg1 6:1), because it was, 1. Directed and modelled by him. Infinite Wisdom was the architect, and gave David the plan or pattern by the Spirit, not…
Cambridge Bible
stone made readybefore it was broughtthither] The R.V. renders made ready at the quarry with a margin on the last three words -when it was brought away." The final Hebrew word מַסָּע on which the…
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