9. All these buildings were made with blocks of fine stone. First they were carefully cut. Then they were trimmed with a saw in the front and back. These fine stones went from the foundations of the buildings to the top of the walls. Even the courtyard was made with blocks of stone.
10. The foundations were made with large blocks of fine stone, some as long as fifteen feet. Others were twelve feet long.
11. On top of these foundation stones were other blocks of fine stone and cedar beams.
12. The palace courtyard, the courtyard inside the Temple, and the porch of the Temple were surrounded by walls. All of these walls had three rows of stone blocks and one row of cedar beams.