. Christian herald and signs of our times . ancient city, as a whole, lies buried under many layersof debris. Solomon was undoubtedly the first of the JewishKings to invest labor with its highest dignity. Whenhe began to plan the construction of the great Temple,he cast about to secure the services of the ablest work-men not onlv in his own dominions, but in the lands ad-joining. Timber was brought from the cedar forests There the stones for the Temple were hewn and dressedand prepared, each one ready to set in place, for it wasdecreed that in the building itself neither sound of axenor hammer
. Christian herald and signs of our times . ancient city, as a whole, lies buried under many layersof debris. Solomon was undoubtedly the first of the JewishKings to invest labor with its highest dignity. Whenhe began to plan the construction of the great Temple,he cast about to secure the services of the ablest work-men not onlv in his own dominions, but in the lands ad-joining. Timber was brought from the cedar forests There the stones for the Temple were hewn and dressedand prepared, each one ready to set in place, for it wasdecreed that in the building itself neither sound of axenor hammer nor anv tool should be heard. It is gener-ally admitted that the large stones in the west wall ofthe Temple area, and in several other places, belong tothe age of Solomon, even though the wall itself mayhave been reconstructed. Some of those massive blocks, 1.
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