7 The stones with which the Temple was built had been prepared at the quarry, so that there was no noise made by hammers, axes, or any other iron tools as the Temple was being built.
8 The entrance to the lowest story of the annex was on the south side of the Temple, with stairs leading up to the second and third stories.
9 So King Solomon finished building the Temple. He put in a ceiling made of beams and boards of cedar.
10 The three-storied annex, each story 7½ feet 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.”