7. And the house, when it was built, was put together of perfect stones made ready before they were brought there; so that there was no hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was being built.
8. The door for the middle wing was in the right side of the house; and they went up with winding stairs into the middle wing and out of the middle into the third.
9. So he built the house and finished it and covered the house with work of cedar placed in order.
10. And then he built the wing against all the house, five cubits high; and they rested on the house with timber of cedar.
11. And the word of the Lord came to Solomon, saying,
12. Concerning this house which thou art building, if thou wilt walk in my statutes and execute my rights and keep all my commandments to walk in them, then I will perform my word with thee, which I spoke unto David thy father;
13. and I will dwell among the sons of Israel and will not forsake my people Israel.
14. So Solomon built the house and finished it.
15. And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar, both the floor of the house and the walls of the ceiling; and he covered them on the inside with wood and covered the floor of the house with planks of fir.
16. And he built twenty cubits on the end of the house, both the floor and the walls with boards of cedar; and he built an oracle in the house, which is the holy of holies.