NASB
"Then the king commanded, and they quarried great stones, costly stones, to lay the foundation of the house with cut stones."
— 1 Kings 5:17, NASB
“And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house.”
“And the king commanded, and they hewed out great stones, costly stones, to lay the foundation of the house with wrought stone. ”
“The king commanded, and they cut out great stones, costly stones, to lay the foundation of the house with worked stone.”
“By royal order they supplied large valuable stones in order to build the temple’s foundation with chiseled stone.”
“And the king commanded that they should bring great stones, costly stones, for the foundation of the temple, and should square them:”
“By the king's orders great stones, stones of high price, were cut out, so that the base of the house might be made of squared stone.”
“And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house.”
He sent them to Lebanon, 10,a month in relays; they were in Lebanon a month and two months at home. And Adoniram was over the forced laborers.
Now Solomon had 70,transporters, and 80,000 hewers of stone in the mountains,
besides Solomon's 3,chief deputies who were over the project and who ruled over the people who were doing the work.
Then the king commanded, and they quarried great stones, costly stones, to lay the foundation of the house with cut stones.
So Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders and the Gebalites cut them, and prepared the timbers and the stones to build the house.