1Ki 6:5, 16-17, 8:6, Psa 28:2 | TSK | STEP | against. or, upon, or joining to. built. chambers. Heb. floors.These appear to have been what we should now call corridors or galleries; in which were apartments for the use of the priests. They consisted of three stories, and increased one cubit in breadth in every story, the wall of the temple being two cubits thicker at the bottom than at the top; and where the wall diminished, a rest was thus formed for the beams of the chambers to lodge upon. oracle. chambers. Heb. ribs.

1 Kings 6:5

against. or, upon, or joining to. built.

1Ch 9:26; 23:28; 28:11; 2Ch 31:11; Ne 10:37; 12:44; 13:5-9; So 1:4

chambers. Heb. floors.These appear to have been what we should now call corridors or galleries; in which were apartments for the use of the priests. They consisted of three stories, and increased one cubit in breadth in every story, the wall of the temple being two cubits thicker at the bottom than at the top; and where the wall diminished, a rest was thus formed for the beams of the chambers to lodge upon.

oracle.

16,19-21,31; Ex 25:22; Le 16:2; Nu 7:89; 2Ch 4:20; 5:7,9; Ps 28:2

chambers. Heb. ribs.

1 Kings 6:16-17

built them.

5,19,20; 8:6; Ex 25:21,22; 26:23; Le 16:2; 2Ch 3:8; Eze 45:3

Heb 9:3

the oracle.The oracle was the sanctuary, or holy of holies, in which there was nothing but the ark of the covenant, including the tables of the law, and into which the high priest alone was to enter but once a year.

1 Kings 8:6

And the priests.

4; 2Sa 6:17; 2Ch 5:7

his place.

6:19; Ex 26:33,34; 40:20,21

under the wings.

6:27; Ex 25:20-22; 37:9; 1Sa 4:4; 2Sa 6:2; Ps 80:1; 99:1; Isa 37:16

Eze 10:5

Psalms 28:2

when.

63:4; 125:5; 134:2; 141:2; 143:6; 2Ch 6:13; 1Ti 2:8

thy holy oracle. or, the oracle of thy sanctuary.

5:7; 138:2; 1Ki 6:19,22,23; 8:6-8,28-30,38; Da 6:10