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Workers position already dressed stones quietly, without on-site hammering; a side entrance and ascending internal stair are visible in architectural context.
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1 Kings 6:7-8

Finished stones and stairs

Building the House of Yahweh · 1 Kings 6

Story guide: Workers set pre-cut stones in place without hammering, beside the side entrance and winding stair.

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7The house, when it was built, was built of finished stone quarried in advance; and no hammer or axe or any iron tool was heard in the house while it was being built.

8The entrance to the middle side chamber was on the right side of the house, and by winding stairs they went up to the middle story, and from the middle to the third.

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