1Kgs.6.7

1 Kings 6:7

KJV

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.

The Chambers

The Building of the Temple

Cross References

Exodus 20:25

KJVGOD

And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.

Idolatry Forbidden

The Ten Commandments

Deuteronomy 27:5

KJV

And there shalt thou build an altar unto the Lord thy God, an altar of stones: thou shalt not lift up any iron tool upon them.

The Altar on Mount Ebal

The Curses of Mount Ebal

Deuteronomy 27:6

KJV

Thou shalt build the altar of the Lord thy God of whole stones: and thou shalt offer burnt offerings thereon unto the Lord thy God:

The Altar on Mount Ebal

The Curses of Mount Ebal

1 Kings 5:17

KJV

And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house.

Solomon’s Labor Force

1 Kings 6:6

KJV

The nethermost chamber was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad: for without in the wall of the house he made narrowed rests round about, that the beams should not be fastened in the walls of the house.

The Chambers

The Building of the Temple

1 Kings 6:8

KJV

The door for the middle chamber was in the right side of the house: and they went up with winding stairs into the middle chamber, and out of the middle into the third.