Jeroboam and all the people reported to Rehoboam on the third day, just as the king had ordered when he said, “Return to me on the third day.”

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

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.

It was four fingers thick and its rim was like that of a cup shaped like a lily blossom. It could hold about 12,000 gallons.

With the stones he constructed an altar for the Lord. Around the altar he made a trench large enough to contain two seahs of seed.

The bottom floor of the extension was seven and a half feet wide, the middle floor nine feet wide, and the third floor ten and a half feet wide. He made ledges on the temple’s outer walls so the beams would not have to be inserted into the walls.