8 The doorway for the¹ middle story was on the right side of the temple. They went up by stairs to the middle story, and from the middle to the third.  ‡

9 ^aSo he built the¹ temple and finished it, and he paneled the temple with beams and boards of cedar.  ‡

11 Then the word of the Lord came to Solomon, saying:

12 “Concerning this¹ temple which you are building, ^aif you walk in My statutes, execute My judgments, keep all My commandments, and walk in them, then I will perform My² word with you, ^bwhich I spoke to your father David.  ‡