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.

He built the inner courtyard with three rows of chiseled stones and a row of cedar beams.

He named it "The Palace of the Lebanon Forest"; it was 150 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high. It had four rows of cedar pillars and cedar beams above the pillars.

Around the great courtyard were three rows of chiseled stones and one row of cedar beams, like the inner courtyard of the Lord's temple and the hall of the palace.

The roof above the beams supported by the pillars was also made of cedar; there were forty-five beams, fifteen per row.