1 Kings 6:5-18
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5 And against the wall of the house he built chambers round about, against the walls of the house round about, both of the temple and of the oracle: and he made chambers round about:
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6 The nethermost chamber was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad: for without in the wall of the house he made narrowed rests round about, that the beams should not be fastened in the walls of the house.
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7 And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither: so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.
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8 The door for the middle chamber was in the right side of the house: and they went up with winding stairs into the middle chamber, and out of the middle into the third.
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9 So he built the house, and finished it; and covered the house with beams and boards of cedar.
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10 And then he built chambers against all the house, five cubits high: and they rested on the house with timber of cedar.
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11 And the word of the LORD came to Solomon, saying,
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12 Concerning this house which thou art in building, if thou wilt walk in my statutes, and execute my judgments, and keep all my commandments to walk in them; then will I perform my word with thee, which I spake unto David thy father:
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13 And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel.
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14 So Solomon built the house, and finished it.
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15 And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar, both the floor of the house, and the walls of the ceiling: and he covered them on the inside with wood, and covered the floor of the house with planks of fir.
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16 And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house, both the floor and the walls with boards of cedar: he even built them for it within, even for the oracle, even for the most holy place.
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17 And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits long.
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18 And the cedar of the house within was carved with knops and open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen.