1 Kings 5:17-18

New King James Version

¹⁷ And the king commanded them to quarry large stones, costly stones, and ^(A)hewn stones, to lay the foundation of the ^[a]temple. ¹⁸ So Solomon’s builders, Hiram’s builders, and the Gebalites quarried them; and they prepared timber and stones to build the ^[b]temple.