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)

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) 16} were paneled,^[c] and all around all three had windows with recessed^[d] frames. Facing the threshold, the temple was paneled with wood all around, from the floor up to the windows (now the windows were covered).^(B)

¹⁰ and the chambers of the court was a width of twenty cubits all around the temple on every side.^(A)

⁵ Now the upper chambers were narrower, for the galleries^[a] took more away from them than from the lower and middle chambers in the building.

¹⁷ Then he brought me into the outer court; there were chambers there and a pavement all around the court; thirty chambers fronted on the pavement.^{(A) 18} The pavement ran along the side of the gates, corresponding to the length of the gates; this was the lower pavement.

³ When all the people of Israel saw the fire come down and the glory of the Lord on the temple, they bowed down on the pavement with their faces to the ground and worshiped and gave thanks to the Lord, saying,