1 Raja-raja 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 Raja-raja 17:1

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17:1 Elijah the Tishbite, from Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, “As certainly as the Lord God of Israel lives (whom I serve), ²  there will be no dew or rain in the years ahead unless I give the command.” ³ 

[6:7]  ¹ tn Heb “finished stone of the quarry,” i.e., stones chiseled and shaped at the time they were taken out of the quarry.

[17:1]  ² tn Heb “before whom I stand.”

[17:1]  ³ tn Heb “except at the command of my word.”