10. Storage rooms just over two metres high were all around the temple, and they were attached to the temple by cedar beams.
11. The Lord told Solomon:
12-13. If you obey my commands and do what I say, I will keep the promise I made to your father David. I will live among my people Israel in this temple you are building, and I will not desert them.
14. So Solomon's workers finished building the temple.
15. The floor of the temple was made out of pine, and the walls were lined with cedar from floor to ceiling.
16. The most holy place was in the back of the temple, and it was nine metres square. Cedar boards standing from floor to ceiling separated it from the rest of the temple.
17. The temple's main room was eighteen metres long, and it was in front of the most holy place.
18. The inside walls were lined with cedar to hide the stones, and the cedar was decorated with carvings of gourds and flowers.
19. The sacred chest was kept in the most holy place.
20-22. This room was nine metres long, nine metres wide, and nine metres high, and it was lined with pure gold. There were also gold chains across the front of the most holy place. The inside of the temple, as well as the cedar altar in the most holy place, was covered with gold.
23. Solomon had two statues of winged creatures made from olive wood to put in the most holy place. Each creature was four and a half metres tall
24-26. and four and a half metres across. They had two wings, and the wings were just over two metres long.
27. Solomon put them next to each other in the most holy place. Their wings were spread out and reached across the room.