8. And in the midst of the portico, there was a small house, where he would sit in judgment, similar in workmanship. He also made a house for the daughter of Pharaoh (whom Solomon had taken as wife) of the same work and type as this portico.
9. All was of precious stones, which had been sawed by a particular standard and measure, as much within as without, from the foundation even to the summit of the walls, and outside even to the great atrium.
10. Now the foundations were of precious stones: great stones of eight or ten cubits.
11. And above these, there were precious stones, of equal measure, which had been cut in a manner similar to boards of cedar.
12. And the great atrium was round, with three rows of cut stones and one row of cut cedar, even as it also was in the interior atrium of the house of the Lord, and in the portico of the house.
13. And king Solomon sent and brought Hiram of Tyre,