1 Kings 5:14
14 He sent them off to Lebanon in shifts of ten thousand a month, so that they spent one month in Lebanon and two months at home, Adoniram was in charge of the forced labor.
1 Kings 5:17
17 At the king's command they removed from the quarry large blocks of quality stone to provide a foundation of dressed stone for the temple.
1 Kings 6:1
1 In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites had come out of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv, the second month, he began o build the temple of the LORD.
1 Kings 6:3
3 The portico at the front of the main hall of the temple extended the width of the temple, that is twenty cubits, and projected ten cubits from the front of the temple.
1 Kings 6:6
6 The lowest floor was five cubits wide, the middle floor six cubits and the third floor seven. He made offset ledges around he outside of the temple so that nothing would be inserted into the temple walls.
1 Kings 6:7
7 In building the temple, only blocks dressed at the quarry were used, and no hammer, chisel or any other iron tool was heard at the temple site while it was being built.
1 Kings 6:10
10 And he built the side rooms all along the temple. The height of each was five cubits, and they were attached to the temple by beams of cedar.
1 Kings 6:12
12 "As for this temple you are building, if you follow my decrees, carry out my regulations and keep all my commands and obey them, I will fulfill through you the promise I gave to David your father.