¹⁵ He measured the length of the ^(A)building ^[a]along the front of the ^(B)separate area behind it, with a ^[b](C)gallery on each side, a hundred cubits; he also measured the inner nave and the porches of the court. ¹⁶ The ^(D)thresholds, the ^[c](E)latticed windows and the ^[d](F)galleries round about their ^(G)three stories, opposite the threshold, were ^(H)paneled with wood all around, and from the ground to the windows (but the windows were covered),

⁵ Now the upper chambers were ^[a]smaller because the ^[b](A)galleries took more space away from them than from the lower and middle ones in the building.