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Building projects on which masons were employed

David's palace

2 Samuel 5:11 pp 1 Chronicles 14:1

Solomon's palace

See also 1 Kings 7:9-12

The temple

1 Kings 6:7; 1 Chronicles 22:14-15 See also 1 Kings 5:15-18 pp 2 Chronicles 2:2; 2 Chronicles 2:18

The repair of the temple

2 Kings 12:11-12 pp 2 Chronicles 24:12; 2 Kings 22:5-6 pp 2 Chronicles 34:11

The rebuilding of the temple

Ezra 3:7

Herod's temple

Mark 13:1-2

The work of masons

Skilled work

2 Chronicles 2:13-14

Dressed stone was superior

Isaiah 9:10 The arrogant boast of the inhabitants of Samaria.

Dangerous work

Ecclesiastes 10:9

Masons could make mistakes

Psalm 118:22 See also Matthew 21:42 pp Mark 12:10 pp Luke 20:17 Jesus Christ interprets the saying as referring to his rejection by the Jews; Acts 4:11; 1 Peter 2:7

God is described as a mason

1 Peter 2:4-6 See also Job 38:6; Isaiah 28:16

See also

4366  stones
5207  architecture
5239  bricks
5240  building
5269  cornerstone
5272  craftsmen
5516  sculpture
7467  temple, Solomon's