7. As the temple was being built, only stones shaped at the quarry were used; the sound of hammers, pickaxes, or any other iron tool was not heard at the temple while it was being built.
8. The entrance to the bottom level of side rooms was on the south side of the temple; stairs went up to the middle floor and then on up to the third floor.
9. He finished building the temple and covered it with rafters and boards made of cedar.
10. He built an extension all around the temple; it was seven and a half feet high and it was attached to the temple by cedar beams.
11. The Lord said to Solomon:
12. “As for this temple you are building, if you follow my rules, observe my regulations, and obey all my commandments, I will fulfill through you the promise I made to your father David.
13. I will live among the Israelites and will not abandon my people Israel.”
14. So Solomon finished building the temple.
15. He constructed the walls inside the temple with cedar planks; he paneled the inside with wood from the floor of the temple to the rafters of the ceiling. He covered the temple floor with boards made from the wood of evergreens.