³⁶ He built the inner courtyard^(A) with three rows of dressed stone^(B) and a row of trimmed cedar beams.

⁸ Let it be known to the king that we went to the house of the great God in the province of Judah. It is being built with cut^[a] stones, and its beams are being set in the walls. This work is being done diligently and succeeding through the people’s efforts.^(A)