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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
These are 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. AT: "a very large number of every kind of skillful craftsmen" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hyperbole)
may Yahweh be with you
This is an idiom that implies that Yahweh will help Solomon be successful in the project. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom)