Mason, Masonry

A worker in the craft of brick and stonework. The mason prepared stone from the quarry for use in building. In the early days of Israel, they hired masons from Phoenicia (2 Samuel 5:11; 1 Kings 5:17–18; 1 Chronicles 14:1). But later, Israelite masons did their own work (2 Kings 12:12; 22:6; 2 Chronicles 24:12; Ezra 3:7).