18 So Solomon’s builders and Hiram’s builders and ^xthe men of Gebal did the cutting and prepared the timber and the stone to build the house.

5 And there you shall build an altar to the Lord your God, an altar of stones. ^wYou shall wield no iron tool on them; 6 you shall build an altar to the Lord your God of uncut¹ stones. And you shall offer burnt offerings on it to the Lord your God,