1 Kings 7:9
All these were of costly stones, according to the measures of hewed stones, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the foundation unto the coping, and so on the outside toward the great court. All these were of costly stones, according to the measures of hewed stones, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the foundation unto the coping, and so on the outside toward the great court.
Solomon's palace was erected from expensive stone cut to precise measurement and finished with saws. The costly hewn work appeared both on the interior and the exterior, extending continuously from the foundation up to the coping. Such lavish building displayed the extravagance that grew up alongside his prosperity. The splendor of the materials and workmanship made the palace a monument to excess rather than to simple need.