1 Kings 6:3-23

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  was 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.

11The Lord spoke to Solomon, saying,

12“This concerns the temple you are building: If you live by my laws, follow my rules, and keep my commands, I will fulfill the promise I made about you to your father David.

13I will live among the Israelites and never abandon my people.”

14When Solomon had finished building the temple’s ⌞frame⌟,

15he began to line the inside walls of the temple with cedar boards. He paneled the inside of the temple with wood from floor to ceiling. He covered the floor of the temple with cypress planks.

16He sectioned off a 30-foot-long room at the rear of the temple with cedar boards from the floor to the rafters. He built it to serve as an inner room, the most holy place.

17The 60-foot-long room at the front of the temple served as the main hall.

18Gourds and flowers were carved into the cedar paneling inside the temple. Everything was ⌞covered with⌟ cedar. No stone could be seen.

19He prepared the inner room of the temple in order to put the ark of the Lord’s promise there.

20The inner room was 30 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 30 feet high. Solomon covered it and the cedar altar with pure gold.

21He covered the inside of the temple with pure gold. He put golden chains across the front of the inner room which was covered with gold.

22He covered the entire inside of the temple with gold. He also covered the entire altar in the inner room with gold.

23In the inner room he made two 15-foot-tall angels  out of olive wood.