No Clanging Zone

In building the temple, only blocks dressed at the quarry were used, and no hammer, chisel or any other iron tool was heard at the temple site while it was being built.---1Kings 6:7 At most job sites now a days we will hear the noise of power tools. If not power tools, we will hear the banging away of hammers and whatnot. God told Solomon there would be no such noise inside the Temple of God as it was being built. They would shape the building materials offsite to fit perfectly. This took serious skill and a commitment to excellence by the project manager and the skilled workers. --- When I thought of "why such a command?", immediately an answer came to mind. God doesn't like clanging. God loves and cherishes the voices of His people in worship of Him. It is sweet music to Him, but He does not care for clanging. Another verse came to mind: If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. (1Cor.13:1) God does not care to hear a bunch of mumbo-jumbo from us. Cheap talk or self-righteous blabbering is like a clanging hammer in the Temple of God. He wants none of it. God demands our obedience. Telling Solomon's project manager "no hammers at the job site" was a command, not a request. God requires His people to love one another, not make a bunch of noise that makes much of themselves.