7 When the temple was built, they did all the stonecutting at the quarry. No hammers, axes, or any iron tools were heard in the temple during its construction.
8 The door to the stairs was at the south side of the temple. Winding stairs went up to the second floor and from there to the third floor.
9 He completed the temple with a roof of cedar beams and cross-planks.
10 Then he built the side rooms all around the temple. They were seven and a half feet high. He attached them to the temple with cedarwood.
11 The Lord’s word came to Solomon,
12 Regarding this temple that you are building: If you follow my laws, enact my regulations, and keep all my commands faithfully, then I will fulfill for you my promise that I made to your father David.
13 I will live among the Israelites. I won’t abandon my people Israel.