NET Bible
"He finished building the temple and covered it with rafters and boards made of cedar."
— 1 Kings 6:9, NET Bible
“So he built the house, and finished it; and covered the house with beams and boards of cedar.”
“So he built the house, and finished it; and he covered the house with beams and planks of cedar. ”
“So he built the house, and finished it; and he covered the house with beams and planks of cedar.”
“So he built the house, and finished it: and he covered the house with roofs of cedar.”
“So he put up the house and made it complete, roofing it with boards of cedar-wood.”
“So he built the house, and finished it; and covered the house with beams and boards of cedar.”
The bottom floor of the extension was seven and a half feet wide, the middle floor nine feet wide, and the third floor ten and a half feet wide. He made ledges on the temple’s outer walls so the beams would not have to be inserted into the walls.
As the temple was being built, only stones shaped at the quarry were used; the sound of hammers, pickaxes, or any other iron tool was not heard at the temple while it was being built.
The entrance to the bottom level of side rooms was on the south side of the temple; stairs went up to the middle floor and then on up to the third floor.
He finished building the temple and covered it with rafters and boards made of cedar.
He built an extension all around the temple; it was seven and a half feet high and it was attached to the temple by cedar beams.
The LORD’s message came to Solomon:
“As for this temple you are building, if you follow my rules, observe my regulations, and obey all my commandments, I will fulfill through you the promise I made to your father David.