1 Kings 7:9

9 No expense was spared - everything here, inside and out, from foundation to roof was constructed using high-quality stone, accurately cut and shaped and polished.

1 Kings 7:9 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 7:9

All these were of costly stones
Marble, porphyry, &c.

according to the measure of hewed stones, sawed with saws, within and
without;
they were all hewed, and squared, and polished, and so they appeared both on the inside of the building, and without:

even from the foundation unto the coping;
from the bottom to the top:

and so on the outside toward the great court:
where the people used to assemble when they had causes to be tried, and was adjoining to the king's house.

1 Kings 7:9 In-Context

7 He built a court room, the Hall of Justice, where he would decide judicial matters, and paneled it with cedar.

8 He built his personal residence behind the Hall on a similar plan. Solomon also built another one just like it for Pharaoh's daughter, whom he had married.

9 No expense was spared - everything here, inside and out, from foundation to roof was constructed using high-quality stone, accurately cut and shaped and polished.

10 The foundation stones were huge, ranging in size from twelve to fifteen feet, and of the very best quality.

11 The finest stone was used above the foundation, shaped to size and trimmed with cedar.