But Zadok the priest, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, Nathan the prophet, Shimei, Rei, and the mighty men who belonged to David, were not with Adonijah.

He built the inner court with three rows of cut stone and a row of cedar beams.

It was paneled with cedar above the side chambers which were on the 45 pillars, 15 in each row.

So the great court all around had three rows of cut stone and a row of cedar beams even as the inner court of the house of the Lord, and the porch of the house.