1 Kings 6:1-10

Solomon began to build the temple for the Lord in the four hundred eightieth year  after the Israelites came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of his reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv, which is the second month.  , The temple that King Solomon built for the Lord   was ninety feet  long, thirty feet  wide, and forty-five feet  high.  The portico in front of the temple sanctuary was thirty feet long extending across the temple’s width, and fifteen feet deep  in front of the temple.  He also made windows with beveled frames  for the temple.  He then built a chambered structure  along the temple wall, encircling the walls of the temple, that is, the sanctuary and the inner sanctuary.  And he made side chambers  all around.  The lowest chamber was 7 1/2 feet  wide, the middle was 9 feet  wide, and the third was 10 1/2 feet  wide. He also provided offset ledges for the temple all around the outside so that nothing would be inserted into the temple walls. The temple’s construction used finished stones cut at the quarry so that no hammer, chisel, or any iron tool was heard in the temple while it was being built.  The door for the lowest  side chamber was on the right side of the temple. They  went up a stairway  to the middle chamber, and from the middle to the third. When he finished building the temple,  he paneled it with boards and planks of cedar. He built the chambers along the entire temple, joined to the temple with cedar beams;  each story was 7 1/2 feet high.