¹⁶ as well as the thresholds and the narrow windows^(A) and galleries around the three of them—everything beyond and including the threshold was covered with wood. The floor, the wall up to the windows, and the windows were covered.^(B)

⁹ it^[a] was eight cubits^[b] deep and its jambs were two cubits^[c] thick. The portico of the gateway faced the temple.

¹⁶ The alcoves and the projecting walls inside the gateway were surmounted by narrow parapet openings all around, as was the portico; the openings all around faced inward. The faces of the projecting walls were decorated with palm trees.^(A)

The New Temple

⁴⁸ He brought me to the portico of the temple^(A) and measured the jambs of the portico; they were five cubits wide on either side. The width of the entrance was fourteen cubits^[a] and its projecting walls were^[b] three cubits^[c] wide on either side.