...ready ere it came to the spot, so that, in the language of Holy Writ, " there was neither hammer nor ax nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building," 1 Kings vi. 7, it was seven years before it was completed. The site on which the temple was built was...

...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." (IKings 6. 70 This previous squaring and preparation of the stones is frequently delineated; they are...

...hewing and squaring of the stones, was prepared beforehand by the laborers and skilful artisans, that " there was neither hammer, nor axe, nor any tool of iron heard in the house while it was building." About this time — or it may have been earlier, as some suppose — Solomon formed an alliance...

...in Scripture, that the house ' 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 building.' 2 The Rabbins indeed tell us of a worm, which might assist the workmen, its virtue being...

...obstructed in their labour : and from sacred history it appears, that there was neither the sound of the hammer, nor axe, nor any tool of iron, heard in the house, while it was building. This famous fabric was supported by fourteen hundred and fifty-three columns, and two thousand...

...built of stone made ready i before it was brought thither; so that there was neither hammer nor ax 8 The door for the middle chamber teas in the right ) side of the house : and they went up with winding...

...relates, " 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." (1 Kings vi. 7.) If this subterranean qnarrv extended to Moriah, the entire stone- work of" the temple...

...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." In like manner there are, in the present day, thousands of hands, heathens and Christians, believers...

...building of the temple, it 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." Thus had the Apostle fitted himself, and thus do good men through grace fit themselves here on earth...

...building of God's house, which 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." — "What untold toil was represented by the vast piles of blocks and chippings over which we had to...