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.