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1 Kings 5:18

King James Version (KJV)

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Scripture focus

And Solomon’s builders and Hiram’s builders did hew [them], and the stonesquarers: so they prepared timber and stones to build the house.

1 Kings 5:18 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on 1 Kings 5:18

Theological / Devotional

Stonesquarers. The correct reading is “Giblites,” as in the margin. They were the inhabitants of Gebal, or Byblos, (see Eze. 27:9), a coastal city of Phoenicia. It seems that they were skillful workers in stone and were employed any other experts for the performance of tasks requiring special skills.

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