1 Kings 6:7

6:7 As the temple was being built, only stones shaped at the quarry ¹  were used; the sound of hammers, pickaxes, or any other iron tool was not heard at the temple while it was being built.

1 Kings 10:17

10:17 He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; three minas ²  of gold were used for each of these shields. The king placed them in the Palace of the Lebanon Forest. ³ 

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¹ tn Heb “finished stone of the quarry,” i.e., stones chiseled and shaped at the time they were taken out of the quarry.

² sn Three minas. The mina was a unit of measure for weight.

³ sn The Palace of the Lebanon Forest. This name was appropriate because of the large amount of cedar, undoubtedly brought from Lebanon, used in its construction. The cedar pillars in the palace must have given it the appearance of a forest.