Some of these “great, hewed stones” are probably still to be seen where they were set by Solomon’s builders, at the southwestern angle of the wall …

Great stones. —The stones, so emphatically described as great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, were necessary, no…

And the king commanded,

That is the foundation of all service for our King; let us only receive a command from the King, and we obe…

And the king commanded, and they brought great stones
Not in quality, but in quantity, large stones, fit to lay in t…

The temple was chiefly built by the riches and labor of Gentiles, which typified their calling into the church. Solomon commanded, and they brought…