1 Kings 6:5-6

5 aHe also built a structure
Or platform; also verse 10
against the wall of the house, running around the walls of the house, both the nave and cthe inner sanctuary. And he made dside chambers all around.
6The lowest story
Septuagint; Hebrew structure, or platform
was five cubits broad, the middle one was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad. For around the outside of the house he made offsets on the wall in order that the supporting beams should not be inserted into the walls of the house.

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