1 Kings 6:2–10

²The temple that King Solomon built for the Lord^m was ninety feet^E long, thirty feet wide, and forty-five feet^G high.^{n 3}The portico in front of the temple sanctuary was thirty feet long extending across the temple’s width, and fifteen feet deep^H in front of the temple.^{o 4}He also made windows with beveled frames^I for the temple.^p

⁵He then built a chambered structure^J along the temple wall, encircling the walls of the temple, that is, the sanctuary and the inner sanctuary.^q And he made side chambers^K all around.^{r 6}The lowest chamber was 7½ feet wide, the middle was 9 feet^M wide, and the third was 10½ feet^N wide. He also provided offset ledges for the temple all around the outside so that nothing would be inserted into the temple walls. ⁷The temple’s construction used finished stones cut at the quarry so that no hammer, chisel, or any iron tool was heard in the temple while it was being built.^s

⁸The door for the lowest^O side chamber was on the right side of the temple. They^P went up a stairway^I to the middle chamber, and from the middle to the third. ⁹When he finished building the temple,^t he paneled it with boards and planks of cedar. ¹⁰He built the chambers along the entire temple, joined to the temple with cedar beams;^u each story was 7½ feet high.