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Against the wall of the house he built an annex all the way around; it went all the way around the walls of the house, including both the temple and the sanctuary.
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The lowest floor of the annex was eight-and-three-quarters feet wide, the middle floor ten-and-a-half feet wide and the third floor twelve-and-a-quarter feet wide; for he had made the outer part of the wall of the house step-shaped, so that the beams of the annex would not have to be attached to the house walls.
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For the house, when under construction, was built of stone prepared at the quarry; so that no hammer, chisel or iron tool of any kind was heard in the house while it was being built.
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The entrance to the lowest floor was on the south side of the house; a spiral staircase went up to the middle floor and on to the third.
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So he built the house, and after finishing it, he put its roof on - cedar planks over beams.
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Each floor of the annex surrounding the house was eight-and-three-quarters feet high and was attached to the house with beams of cedar.
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Then this word of ADONAI came to Shlomo:
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"Concerning this house which you are building: if you will live according to my regulations, follow my rulings and observe all my mitzvot and live by them, then I will establish with you my promise that I made to David your father-
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I will live in it among the people of Isra'el, and I will not abandon my people Isra'el."
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So Shlomo finished building the house.
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The insides of the walls of the house he built with boards of cedar: from the floor of the house to the joists of the ceiling he covered them on the inside with wood, and he covered the floor of the house with boards of cypress.