Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Kings 7:9

9 All these were of costly stones according to the measures of hewed stones , sawed with saws, within and without , even from the foundation unto the coping , and so on the outside toward the great court .

Buildings described here and in the former Chapter.

Either, First, which were hewed in such measure and proportion as exact Workmen use to hew ordinary Stones▪ Or, Secondly, As large as common hewed Stones, which are oft very great.

Both on the inside of the Buildings which were covered with Cedar, and on the outside also.

From the bottom to the top of the Building.

Not onely on the outside of the front of the House, which being most visible, men are more careful to adorn; but also of the other side of the House, which looked towards the great Court belonging to the Kings House.