¹⁵ Then he measured the width of the building facing the yard at the west, together with its galleries^[a] on either side, one hundred cubits.

The nave of the temple’s interior and the outer^[b] vestibule^(A)

²⁵ On the doors of the nave were carved cherubim and palm trees, such as were carved on the walls, and there was a canopy of wood in front of the vestibule outside.

²⁶ And there were recessed windows and palm trees on either side, on the sidewalls of the vestibule.^[a](A)

¹⁵ He lined the walls of the house on the inside with boards of cedar; from the floor of the house to the rafters of the ceiling, he covered them on the inside with wood, and he covered the floor of the house with boards of cypress.

¹⁶ The recesses and their posts had windows, with shutters^[a] on the inside of the gateway all around, and the vestibules also had windows on the inside all around, and on the posts were palm trees.^(A)

³ Facing the twenty cubits that belonged to the inner court and facing the pavement that belonged to the outer court, the chambers rose^[a] gallery^[b] by gallery^[c] in three stories.^(A)