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1 Kings 6:5-8

King James Version (KJV)

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5. And against the wall of the house he built chambers round about, [against] the walls of the house round about, [both] of the temple and of the oracle: and he made chambers round about: 6. The nethermost chamber [was] five cubits broad, and the middle [was] six cubits broad, and the third [was] seven cubits broad: for without [in the wall] of the house he made narrowed rests round about, that [the beams] should not be fastened in the walls of the house. 7. And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither: so that there was neither hammer nor axe [nor] any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building. 8. 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.

1 Kings 6:5-8 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on 1 Kings 6:5

Theological / Devotional

He built chambers. Outside the Temple, on three of its sides, north, west, and south, was built a series of service chambers. These were entered from without the Temple itself and were so arranged as not to be considered to be a basic part of the Temple structure. In the entire description of these chambers “round about,” the writer appears to employ meticulous care to indicate that these rooms were not structurally a part of the main building but were extraneous to it. Some of these chambers, at least, no doubt served as apartments for the priests and other Temple attendants.

Both of the temple. The side chambers ran the entire length of the building, abutting both upon the “temple,” the holy place, in the forefront of the building, and the “oracle,” the most holy place, at the rear of the building.

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