5 All the doorframes were rectangular, facing each other in three sets.
6 He made a porch with columns seventy-five feet long and forty-five feet wide. Another porch was in front of these with roofed columns in front of them.
7 He made the throne room the Hall of Justice, where he would judge. It was covered with cedar from the lower to the upper levels.
8 The royal residence where Solomon lived was behind this hall. It had a similar design. Solomon also made a similar palace for his wife, Pharaoh’s daughter.
9 He built all these with the best stones cut to size, sawed with saws, back and front, from the foundation to the highest points and from the outer boundary to the great courtyard.
10 The foundation was laid with large stones of high quality, some of fifteen feet and some of twelve feet.
11 Above them were high-quality stones cut to measure, as well as cedar.