²The temple that King Solomon built for the Lord was 90 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 45 feet high. ³The entrance hall in front of the main room of the temple was the same length as the shorter side of the temple. It extended 15 feet in front of the temple. ⁴He also made latticed windows for the temple.

⁵He built an annex containing side rooms all around the temple. This annex was next to the walls of the main building and the inner sanctuary. ⁶The ⸤interior of⸥ the lowest story of the annex was 7½ feet wide, the second story was 9 feet wide, and the third story was 10½ feet wide. Solomon made ledges all around the temple so that this annex would not be fastened to the walls of the temple.

⁷The temple was built with stone blocks that were finished at the quarry. No hammer, chisel, or any other iron tool made a sound at the temple construction site.

⁸The entrance to the first story^awas on the south side of the temple. A staircase went up to the middle story and then to the third story.

⁹When he had finished building the walls, he roofed the temple with rows of cedar beams and planks.¹⁰He built ⸤each story of the⸥ annex 7½ feet high alongside the entire temple. Its cedar beams were attached to the temple.

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Footnotes

a 6:8 Greek, Targum; Masoretic Text “second story.”