9 All these buildings were of fine stones, hewn to size and trimmed front and back with a saw, from the foundation to the bonding course and outside as far as the great court.
10 The foundation was made of fine, large blocks, some ten cubits and some eight cubits.
11 Above were fine stones hewn to size, and cedar wood.
12 The great court had three courses of hewn stones all around and a course of cedar beams. So also were the inner court of the house of the Lord and its porch.
13 King Solomon brought Hiram from Tyre.
14 He was a bronze worker, the son of a widow from the tribe of Naphtali; his father had been from Tyre. He was endowed with wisdom, understanding, and knowledge for doing any work in bronze. He came to King Solomon and did all his metal work.
15 He fashioned two bronze columns, each eighteen cubits high and twelve cubits in circumference.