1 Kings 5:17-18

5:17 By royal order ¹  they supplied large valuable stones in order to build the temple’s foundation with chiseled stone. 5:18 Solomon’s and Hiram’s construction workers, ²  along with men from Byblos, ³  did the chiseling and prepared the wood and stones for the building of the temple. ⁴ 

[5:17]  ¹ tn Heb “and the king commanded.”

[5:18]  ² tn Heb “builders.”

[5:18]  ³ tn Heb “the Gebalites.” The reading is problematic and some emend to a verb form meaning, “set the borders.”

[5:18]  ⁴ tc The LXX includes the words “for three years.”