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The house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready at the quarry; and there was neither hammer nor ax nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.
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A Temple of Reverence
Scholars explain that the temple was built in silence out of deep reverence for God. The stones were meticulously prepared at the quarry, a process requiring great skill, so that no sound of hammer or axe would be heard on the holy site. This act honored the temple as the house of the 'God of peace.'
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The spirit of the command was followed. Thus the fabric rose without noise.
19th Century
Anglican
Neither hammer nor ax ... heard. — This striking provision, involving much labour, and requiring no little skill, was one…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And the house, when it was in building And all the while it was building:
was built of stone made…
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