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And for the house he made windows, with network across.
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And against the walls all round, and against the walls of the Temple and of the inmost room, he put up wings, with side rooms all round:
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The lowest line of them being five cubits wide, the middle six cubits wide and the third seven cubits; for there was a space all round the outside walls of the house so that the boards supporting the rooms did not have to be fixed in the walls of the house.
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(And the stones used in the building of the house were squared at the place where they were cut out; there was no sound of hammer or axe or any iron instrument while they were building the house.)
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The door to the lowest side rooms was in the right side of the house; and they went up by twisting steps into the middle rooms, and from the middle into the third.
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So he put up the house and made it complete, roofing it with boards of cedar-wood.
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And he put up the line of side rooms against the walls of the house, fifteen cubits high, resting against the house on boards of cedar-wood.
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(And the word of the Lord came to Solomon, saying,
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About this house which you are building: if you will keep my laws and give effect to my decisions and be guided by my rules, I will give effect to my word which I gave to David your father.
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And I will be ever among the children of Israel, and will not go away from my people.
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So Solomon made the building of the house complete.)