Albert Barnes Commentary 1 Kings 5:18

"And Solomon`s builders and Hiram`s builders and the Gebalites did fashion them, and prepared the timber and the stones to build the house." — 1 Kings 5:18 (ASV)

The stone-squarers - The Gebalites, the inhabitants of Gebal, a Phoenician city between Beirut and Tripolis, which the Greeks called Byblus, and which is now known as Jebeil.