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The entrance to the first story[a] was on the south side of the temple. A staircase went up to the middle story and then to the third story.

When he had finished building the walls, he roofed the temple with rows of cedar beams and planks.[b] 10 He built each story of the annex 7½ feet high alongside the entire temple. Its cedar beams were attached to the temple.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 6:8 Greek, Targum; Masoretic Text “second story.”
  2. 1 Kings 6:9 Hebrew meaning uncertain.

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