Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 1a) (Qal) to hew, hew out, quarry">6458 [e] וַֽיִּפְסְל֞וּ way-yip̄-sə-lū So quarried [them] Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to build, rebuild 1a2) to build a house (ie, establish a family) 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be built 1b2) to be rebuilt 1b3) established (of restored exiles) (fig.) 1b4) established (made permanent) 1b5) to be built up (of childless wife becoming the mother of a family through the children of a concubine)">1129 [e] בֹּנֵ֧י bō-nê builders V-Qal-Prtcpl-mpc 1) son of David by Bathsheba and 3rd king of Israel; author of Proverbs and Song of Songs">8010 [e] שְׁלֹמֹ֛ה šə-lō-mōh of Solomon N-proper-ms 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to build, rebuild 1a2) to build a house (ie, establish a family) 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be built 1b2) to be rebuilt 1b3) established (of restored exiles) (fig.) 1b4) established (made permanent) 1b5) to be built up (of childless wife becoming the mother of a family through the children of a concubine)">1129 [e] וּבֹנֵ֥י ū-ḇō-nê and builders Conj-w | V-Qal-Prtcpl-mpc 1) the king of Tyre who sent workmen and materials to Jerusalem to build both the palace for David and the temple for Solomon 2) the chief architect and engineer of Solomon's temple sent by King Hiram to Solomon">2438 [e] חִיר֖וֹם ḥî-rō-wm of Hiram N-proper-ms 1) inhabitants of Gebal">1382 [e] וְהַגִּבְלִ֑ים wə-hag-giḇ-lîm; and the Gebalites Conj-w, Art | N-proper-mp 1a) (Niphal) 1a1) to be set up, be established, be fixed 1a1a) to be firmly established 1a1b) to be established, be stable, be secure, be enduring 1a1c) to be fixed, be securely determined 1a2) to be directed aright, be fixed aright, be steadfast (moral sense) 1a3) to prepare, be ready 1a4) to be prepared, be arranged, be settled 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to establish, set up, accomplish, do, make firm 1b2) to fix, make ready, prepare, provide, provide for, furnish 1b3) to direct toward (moral sense) 1b4) to arrange, order 1c) (Hophal) 1c1) to be established, be fastened 1c2) to be prepared, be ready 1d) (Polel) 1d1) to set up, establish 1d2) to constitute, make 1d3) to fix 1d4) to direct 1e) (Pulal) to be established, be prepared 1f) (Hithpolel) to be established, be restored">3559 [e] וַיָּכִ֛ינוּ way-yā-ḵî-nū and they prepared Conj-w | V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3mp 1a) tree, trees 1b) wood, pieces of wood, gallows, firewood, cedar-wood, woody flax">6086 [e] הָעֵצִ֥ים hā-‘ê-ṣîm timber Art | N-mp 1a) common stone (in natural state) 1b) stone, as material 1b1) of tablets 1b2) marble, hewn stones 1c) precious stones, stones of fire 1d) stones containing metal (ore), tool for work or weapon 1e) weight 1f) plummet (stones of destruction) also made of metal 1g) stonelike objects, eg hailstones, stony heart, ice 1h) sacred object, as memorial Samuel set up to mark where God helped Israel to defeat the Philistines 1i) (simile) 1i1) sinking in water, motionlessness 1i2) strength, firmness, solidity 1i3) commonness 1j) (metaph) 1j1) petrified with terror 1j2) perverse, hard heart">68 [e] וְהָאֲבָנִ֖ים wə-hā-’ă-ḇā-nîm and stones Conj-w, Art | N-fp 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to build, rebuild 1a2) to build a house (ie, establish a family) 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be built 1b2) to be rebuilt 1b3) established (of restored exiles) (fig.) 1b4) established (made permanent) 1b5) to be built up (of childless wife becoming the mother of a family through the children of a concubine)">1129 [e] לִבְנ֥וֹת liḇ-nō-wṯ to build Prep-l | V-Qal-Inf 1) house 1a) house, dwelling habitation 1b) shelter or abode of animals 1c) human bodies (fig.) 1d) of Sheol 1e) of abode of light and darkness 1f) of land of Ephraim 2) place 3) receptacle 4) home, house as containing a family 5) household, family 5a) those belonging to the same household 5b) family of descendants, descendants as organized body 6) household affairs 7) inwards (metaph.) 8) (TWOT) temple adv 9) on the inside prep 10) within">1004 [e] הַבָּֽיִת׃ hab-bā-yiṯ. the temple Art | N-ms   פ p̄ - Punc

New American Standard Bible
So Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders and the Gebalites cut them, and prepared the timbers and the stones to build the house.

King James Bible
And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders did hew them, and the stonesquarers: so they prepared timber and stones to build the house.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders, along with the Gebalites, quarried the stone and prepared the timber and stone for the temple's construction.

the stone squarers. or, Giblites

Joshua 13:5 And the land of the Giblites, and all Lebanon, toward the sun rise, …

Psalm 83:7 Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre;

Ezekiel 27:9 The ancients of Gebal and the wise men thereof were in you your caulkers…

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