1 Kings 7:10

10 The foundation was of expensive stone blocks, very large ones - stones fourteen to eighteen feet long.

1 Kings 7:10 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 7:10

And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones,
&c.] Of a great price, and very large:

stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits
some of one measure, and some of another; not so many cubits square, but of solid measure; they were so many in length.

1 Kings 7:10 In-Context

8 His own living quarters, in the other courtyard, set back from the Hall, were similarly designed. He also made a house like this Hall for Pharaoh's daughter, whom Shlomo had taken as his wife.

9 All these buildings were made of expensive stone blocks, cut to measure and finished by saws on the inner surfaces as well as the outer ones. These stones were used from the foundation to the eaves and outward from the buildings all the way to the Great Courtyard.

10 The foundation was of expensive stone blocks, very large ones - stones fourteen to eighteen feet long.

11 Above these were costly stones, cut to measure, and cedar-wood.

12 The surrounding Great Courtyard had three rows of cut stone and a row of cedar beams like the inner courtyard of the house of ADONAI and the courtyard by the hall of the house.