8. The entrance to the lowest storey of the annexe was on the south side of the Temple, with stairs leading up to the second and third storeys.
9. So King Solomon finished building the Temple. He put in a ceiling made of beams and boards of cedar.
10. The three-storied annexe, each storey 2.2 metres high, was built against the outside walls of the Temple, and was joined to them by cedar beams.
11. The Lord said to Solomon,
12. “If you obey all my laws and commands, I will do for you what I promised your father David.
13. I will live among my people Israel in this Temple that you are building, and I will never abandon them.”
14. So Solomon finished building the Temple.
15. The inside walls were covered with cedar panels from the floor to the ceiling, and the floor was made of pine.
16. An inner room, called the Most Holy Place, was built in the rear of the Temple. It was nine metres long and was partitioned off by cedar boards reaching from the floor to the ceiling.
17. The room in front of the Most Holy Place was eighteen metres long.
18. The cedar panels were decorated with carvings of gourds and flowers; the whole interior was covered with cedar, so that the stones of the walls could not be seen.
19. In the rear of the Temple an inner room was built, where the Lord's Covenant Box was to be placed.
20. This inner room was nine metres long, nine metres wide, and nine metres high, all covered with pure gold. The altar was covered with cedar panels.