1Ki 6:5-6, 8, 10, Jer 35:2, Eze 40:45 | 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 6:5-6

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.

narrowed rests. or, narrowings, or rebatements.

1 Kings 6:8

side. Heb. shoulder. went up.

Eze 41:6,7

1 Kings 6:10

Jeremiah 35:2

the house.

8; 2Ki 10:15,16; 1Ch 2:55

into one.

4; 1Ki 6:5,6,10; 1Ch 9:26; 23:28; 2Ch 3:9; 31:11; Ezr 8:29

Ne 13:5,8,9; Eze 40:7-13,16; 41:5-11; 42:4-13

Ezekiel 40:45

chamber.The word chamber probably here denotes a row of chambers, of which there seems to have been three: one for the singers; one for the priests who in their courses took charge of the sacred vessels and treasures; and one for the priests who attended on the altar and sacrifices.

whose.

8:5

the keepers.

Le 8:35; Nu 3:27,28,32,38; 18:5; 1Ch 6:49; 9:23; 2Ch 13:11

Ps 134:1; Mal 2:4-7; 1Ti 6:20; Re 1:6

charge. or, ward, or, ordinance, and so ver.