# Connecting Statement: David continues speaking to Solomon. # stonecutters, masons These are both workers who cut stone and prepare it for builders to use in walls and buildings. # carpenters persons who work with wood # skillful craftsmen without number of every kind Here "without number" is an exaggeration to emphasize that there were a large number of them. Alternate translation: "a very large number of every kind of skillful craftsmen" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hyperbole]])