1 Kings 6:8

New International Reader's Version

The entrance to the first floor was on the south side of the temple. A stairway led up to the second floor. From there it went on up to the third floor.

Cross References

1 Kings 6:7

All the stones used for building the temple were shaped where they were cut. So hammers, chisels and other iron tools couldn’t be heard where the temple was being built.

1 Kings 6:9

So Solomon built the temple and finished it. He made its roof out of beams and cedar boards.

2 Chronicles 31:11

Hezekiah gave orders to prepare storerooms in the Lord’s temple. And it was done.

Jeremiah 35:2

“Go to the members of the family line of Rekab. Invite them to come to one of the side rooms in my house. Then give them wine to drink.”

Ezekiel 42:6

The courtyards had pillars. But the rooms on the top floor didn’t. So their floor space was smaller than the space in the rooms on the other floors.