The lowest chamber was five cubits wide, the middle was six cubits wide, and the third was seven cubits wide; for he made narrow ledges around the outside of the temple, so that the support beams would not be fastened into the walls of the [a]temple.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 6:6 Lit. house

The lowest floor was five cubits[a] wide, the middle floor six cubits[b] and the third floor seven.[c] He made offset ledges around the outside of the temple so that nothing would be inserted into the temple walls.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 6:6 That is, about 7 1/2 feet or about 2.3 meters; also in verses 10 and 24
  2. 1 Kings 6:6 That is, about 9 feet or about 2.7 meters
  3. 1 Kings 6:6 That is, about 11 feet or about 3.2 meters

10 And he built side chambers against the entire temple, each five cubits high; they were attached to the temple with cedar beams.

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10 And he built the side rooms all along the temple. The height of each was five cubits, and they were attached to the temple by beams of cedar.

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