Commentary for Sotah 96:10

משחרב בהמ"ק בטל השמיר כו' ת"ר שמיר שבו בנה שלמה את בהמ"ק שנא' (מלכים א ו, ז) והבית בהבנותו אבן שלמה מסע נבנה הדברים ככתבן דברי ר' יהודה

as it is said: And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready at the quarry.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I Kings VI, 7. The Hebrew is 'perfect stone'. ');">¹⁷</span> The words are to be understood as they are written;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., the stones were naturally in a hewn state, as though they had been cut in a quarry. ');">¹⁸</span>

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