¹⁸ So Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders and ^(A)the men of Gebal did the cutting and prepared the timber and the stone to build the house.

⁵ And there you shall build an altar to the Lord your God, an altar of stones. ^(A)You shall wield no iron tool on them; ⁶ you shall build an altar to the Lord your God of uncut^[a] stones. And you shall offer burnt offerings on it to the Lord your God,