⁵ He then built a chambered structure^[a] along the temple wall, encircling the walls of the temple, that is, the sanctuary and the inner sanctuary.^(A) And he made side chambers^[b] all around.^{(B) 6} The lowest chamber was 7½ feet^[c] wide, the middle was nine feet^[d] wide, and the third was 10½ feet^[e] wide. He also provided offset ledges for the temple all around the outside so that nothing would be inserted into the temple walls. ⁷ The temple’s construction used finished stones cut at the quarry so that no hammer, chisel, or any iron tool was heard in the temple while it was being built.^(C)

⁸ The door for the lowest^[f] side chamber was on the right side of the temple. They^[g] went up a stairway^[h] to the middle chamber, and from the middle to the third. ⁹ When he finished building the temple,^(D) he paneled it with boards and planks of cedar. ¹⁰ He built the chambers along the entire temple, joined to the temple with cedar beams;^(E) each story was 7½ feet^[i] high.