1 Kings 6:8

The entrance for the lowest story was on the south side of the house , and one went up by stairs to the middle story, and from the middle story to the third .

The entrance to the lowest floor was on the south side of the temple; a stairway led up to the middle level and from there to the third.

The door for the middle chamber was in the right side of the house : and they went up with winding stairs into the middle chamber , and out of the middle into the third.