built of stone: 1 Kings 5:17-18; Deuteronomy 27:5-6; Proverbs 24:27; Romans 9:23; 2 Corinthians 5:5; Colossians 1:12; 1 Peter 2:5
neither hammer: Isaiah 42:2; Acts 9:31; James 1:20, James 3:17-18
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1 Kings 6:7
1 Kings 6:7
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