8. The entrance to the lower rooms beside the Temple was on the south side. From there, stairs went up to the second-floor rooms. And from there, stairs went on to the third-floor rooms.
9. Solomon put a roof made from beams and cedar boards on the Temple. So he finished building the Temple
10. as well as the bottom floor that was beside the Temple. This bottom floor was seven and one-half feet high and was attached to the Temple by cedar beams.
11. The Lord said to Solomon:
12. “If you obey all my laws and commands, I will do for you what I promised your father David.
13. I will live among the Israelites in this Temple, and I will never leave my people Israel.”
14. So Solomon finished building the Temple.