1 Kings 6:7

WEB

⁷The house, when it was under construction, was built of stone prepared at the quarry; and no hammer or ax or any tool of iron was heard in the house while it was under construction.

KJV

⁷And the house^[+], when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither: so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.

BSB

⁷The temple was constructed using finished stones cut at the quarry, so that no hammer or chisel or any other iron tool was heard in the temple while it was being built.

FBV

⁷When the Temple was built the stones were finished at the quarry so that no noise from any hammer, ax, or any iron tool was heard in the Temple during construction.

Extra References

Deuteronomy 27:5-6

⁵There you shall build an altar to the LORD your God, an altar of stones. You shall not use any iron tool on them. ⁶You shall build the LORD your God’s altar of uncut stones. You shall offer burnt offerings on it to the LORD your God.

1 Peter 2:5

⁵You also as living stones are built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

Exodus 20:25

²⁵If you make me an altar of stone, you shall not build it of cut stones; for if you lift up your tool on it, you have polluted it.

1 Kings 5:17-18

¹⁷The king commanded, and they cut out large stones, costly stones, to lay the foundation of the house with worked stone. ¹⁸Solomon’s builders and Hiram’s builders and the Gebalites cut them, and prepared the timber and the stones to build the house.

Proverbs 24:27

²⁷Prepare your work outside, and get your fields ready. Afterwards, build your house.

Colossians 1:12

¹²giving thanks to the Father, who made us fit to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light,

Isaiah 42:2

²He will not shout, nor raise his voice, nor cause it to be heard in the street.

2 Corinthians 5:5

⁵Now he who made us for this very thing is God, who also gave to us the down payment of the Spirit.

Acts 9:31

³¹So the assemblies throughout all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had peace and were built up. They were multiplied, walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit.

Romans 9:23

²³and that he might make known the riches of his glory on vessels of mercy, which he prepared beforehand for glory—