1 Kings 5:18 meaning and explanation
So Solomon’s and Hiram’s builders, along with the Gebalites, quarried the stone and prepared the timber and stone for the construction of the temple.
1 Kings 5:18, Berean Standard Bible
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This verse closes the chapter's account of preparations for the temple. Solomon has arranged with Hiram, king of Tyre, for cedar and cypress timber from Lebanon, and here the work crews are named: Solomon's builders, Hiram's skilled workmen, and the Gebalites, the people of Byblos, a Phoenician coastal city known for stonework.
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