Barnes' Notes on 1 Kings 5:17

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Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · 19th-century historical commentary
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Some of these “great, hewed (no and) stones,” are probably still to be seen in the place where they were set by Solomon’s builders, at the southwestern angle of the wall of the Haram area in the modern Jerusalem. The largest found so far is 38 ft. 9 in. long, and weighs about 100 tons. return to 'Top of Page'

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