¹⁶ And there were closed windows to the guardrooms or chambers and to their posts or pillars within the gate round about, and likewise to the archway or vestibule; and windows were round about facing into the court, and upon each post or pillar were palm tree [decorations].

¹⁷ Then he brought me into the outward court, and behold, there were chambers and a pavement round about the court; thirty chambers fronted on the pavement.

¹⁸ And the pavement was along by the side of the gates, answerable to the length of the gateways; this was the lower pavement.