1 Kings 5:18 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Solomon's builders and Hiram's did hew them It seemed Solomon's servants learned of Hiram's, or, at least, were directed by them to assist in the work. And the stone-squarers Hebrew, the Giblites, the inhabitants of Gebal, a place near Zidon, mentioned Psalms 83:7; Ezekiel 27:9, famous for artificers and architects, Joshua 13:5. These are here distinguished from the rest of Hiram's builders, as the most eminent of them. So they prepared timber and stones to build the house Made all ready, not only to lay the foundation, but to raise the superstructure.