1 Kings 5:18
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And the masons of Solomon, and the masons of Hiram, hewed them: and the Giblians prepared timber and stones to build the house.

the stone squarers.

Joshua 13:5 And his confines. The country also of Libanus towards the east from Baalgad under mount Hermon to the entering into Emath.

Psalm 83:7 Gebal, and Ammon and Amalec: the Philistines, with the inhabitants of Tyre.

Ezekiel 27:9 The ancients of Gebal, and the wise men thereof furnished mariners for the service of thy various furniture: all the ships of the sea, and their mariners were thy factors.

Context
Solomon's Workmen and Laborers
17And the king commanded that they should bring great stones, costly stones, for the foundation of the temple, and should square them: 18And the masons of Solomon, and the masons of Hiram, hewed them: and the Giblians prepared timber and stones to build the house.
Cross References
Joshua 13:5
And his confines. The country also of Libanus towards the east from Baalgad under mount Hermon to the entering into Emath.

1 Chronicles 22:2
And he commanded to gather together all the proselytes of the land of Israel, and out of them he appointed stonecutters to hew stones and polish them, to build the house of God.

Ezekiel 27:9
The ancients of Gebal, and the wise men thereof furnished mariners for the service of thy various furniture: all the ships of the sea, and their mariners were thy factors.

Lexicon
So Solomon’s
שְׁלֹמֹ֛ה (šə·lō·mōh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8010: Solomon -- David's son and successor to his throne

and Hiram’s
חִיר֖וֹם (ḥî·rō·wm)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2438: Hiram -- a Benjamite, also two Arameans (Syrians)

builders,
וּבֹנֵ֥י (ū·ḇō·nê)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 1129: To build

along with the Gebalites,
וְהַגִּבְלִ֑ים (wə·hag·giḇ·lîm)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1382: Gebalite -- inhabitant of Gebal

quarried the stone
וַֽיִּפְסְל֞וּ (way·yip̄·sə·lū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6458: To hew, hew into shape

and prepared
וַיָּכִ֛ינוּ (way·yā·ḵî·nū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3559: To be erect

the timber
הָעֵצִ֥ים (hā·‘ê·ṣîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6086: Tree, trees, wood

and stone
וְהָאֲבָנִ֖ים (wə·hā·’ă·ḇā·nîm)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 68: A stone

for the construction
לִבְנ֥וֹת (liḇ·nō·wṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 1129: To build

of the temple.
הַבָּֽיִת׃ (hab·bā·yiṯ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1004: A house


Additional Translations
So Solomon’s and Hiram’s builders, along with the Gebalites, quarried the stone and prepared the timber and stone for the construction of the temple.And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders did hew them, and the stone squarers: so they prepared timber and stones to build the house.

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.

And they prepared the stones and the timber during three years.

And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders and the Giblites hewed them, and prepared timber and stones to build the house.

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.

And Solomon's builders, and Hiram's builders did hew them, and the stone-squarers: so they prepared timber and stones to build the house.

Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders and the Gebalites did fashion them, and prepared the timber and the stones to build the house.

and the builders of Solomon, and the builders of Hiram, and the Giblites hew, and prepare the wood and the stones to build the house.
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