“So Solomon built the temple and finished it, roofing it with beams and planks of cedar.”
1 Kings 6:9 (BSB)
Context Reading
7The temple was constructed using finished stones cut at the quarry, so that no hammer or chisel or any other iron tool was heard in the temple while it was being built. 8The entrance to the bottom floor was on the south side of the temple. A stairway led up to the middle level, and from there to the third floor. 9So Solomon built the temple and finished it, roofing it with beams and planks of cedar. 10He built chambers all along the temple, each five cubits high and attached to the temple with beams of cedar. 11Then the word of the LORD came to Solomon, saying: