⁷ Stone that had been made ready was used in the building of the temple so that one did not hear the sound of hammers or chisels or any other iron tool while the temple was being built.^[a]

⁸ The entrance for the lowest level was on the right side of the temple. One went up by stairs from there to the middle level, and from the middle to the third level. ⁹ Thus he built the temple and completed it by roofing it with beams and cedar planks.