1 Kings 6:6-8

New Catholic Bible

⁶ The lowest chamber was five cubits wide, the middle chamber was six cubits wide, and the third level was seven cubits wide. He made narrow ledges all around the temple so that nothing had to be fastened to the walls of the temple.

⁷ Stone that had been made ready was used in the building of the temple so that one did not hear the sound of hammers or chisels or any other iron tool while the temple was being built.^[a]

⁸ The entrance for the lowest level was on the right side of the temple. One went up by stairs from there to the middle level, and from the middle to the third level.