Graphic Bible · Scene 14 of 14

Solomon’s, Hiram’s and Gebal’s workers dress foundation stones and prepare timber at a workshop before transport.
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1 Kings 5:31-32

Stones and timber prepared

Wisdom and Preparations for the Temple · 1 Kings 5

Story guide: Workers from Israel, Tyre, and Gebal dress large foundation stones and shape timber side by side.

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31Then the king commanded, and they quarried great stones, costly stones, cut stones, to lay the foundation of the house.

32So Solomon’s builders, Hiram’s builders, and the men of Gebal cut and prepared the timber and the stones to build the house.

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