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.

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Cross References

Exodus 20:25

KJV GOD

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

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

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

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.

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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.