‏ 1 Kings 6:5-10

5 aAgainst the wall of the house he built stories encompassing the walls of the house around both the main room and the
I.e., Most Holy Place
cinner sanctuary; so he made dside chambers all around.
6The lowest story was
About 7.5 ft. wide, 9 ft. wide, and 11 ft. wide or 2.3 m, 2.7 m, and 3.3 m
five cubits wide, the middle was six cubits wide, and the third was seven cubits wide; for on the outside he
Lit gave
made offsets in the wall of the house all around so that the beams would not
Lit take hold
be inserted into the walls of the house.

7 hThe house, while it was being built, was built of stone finished at the quarry, and neither hammer, nor axe, nor any iron tool was heard in the house while it was being built.

8 The doorway for the
As in LXX and ancient versions; MT middle
lowest side chamber was on the right side of the house; and they would go up by a winding staircase to the middle story, and from the middle to the third.
9So jhe built the house and finished it; and he covered the house with beams and
Or rows
planks of cedar.
10He also built the stories against the whole house, each
About 7.5 ft. or 2.3 m
five cubits high; and they
Lit took hold
were attached to the house with timbers of cedar.
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