9. All these buildings and the great court were made of fine stones from the foundations to the eaves. The stones were prepared at the quarry and cut to measure, with their inner and outer sides trimmed with saws.
10. The foundations were made of large stones prepared at the quarry, some of them 3.5 metres long and others four metres long.
11. On top of them were other stones, cut to measure, and cedar beams.
12. The palace court, the inner court of the Temple, and the entrance room of the Temple had walls with one layer of cedar beams for every three layers of cut stones.