- 並建造有柱子的廊子、長五十肘、寬三十肘.在這廊前又有廊子、廊外有柱子和臺階。
- 又建造一廊、其中設立審判的座位、這廊從地到頂、都用香柏木遮蔽。
- 廊後院內、有所羅門住的宮室、工作與這工作相同。所羅門又為所娶法老的女兒建造一宮、作法與這廊子一樣。
- 建造這一切所用的石頭、都是寶貴的、是按著尺寸鑿成的、是用鋸裡外鋸齊的.從根基直到檐石、從外頭直到大院、都是如此。
- 根基是寶貴的大石頭、有長十肘的、有長八肘的。
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- He made a colonnade fifty cubits long and thirty wide. In front of it was a portico, and in front of that were pillars and an overhanging roof.
- He built the throne hall, the Hall of Justice, where he was to judge, and he covered it with cedar from floor to ceiling.
- And the palace in which he was to live, set farther back, was similar in design. Solomon also made a palace like this hall for Pharaoh's daughter, whom he had married.
- All these structures, from the outside to the great courtyard and from foundation to eaves, were made of blocks of high-grade stone cut to size and trimmed with a saw on their inner and outer faces.
- The foundations were laid with large stones of good quality, some measuring ten cubits and some eight.
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