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.