1 Kings 6:8-10
King James Version
8 The door for the middle chamber was in the right side of the house: and they went up with winding stairs into the middle chamber, and out of the middle into the third.
9 So he built the house, and finished it; and covered the house with beams and boards of cedar.
10 And then he built chambers against all the house, five cubits high: and they rested on the house with timber of cedar.
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1 Kings 6:8-10
English Standard Version
8 The entrance for the lowest[a] story was on the south side of the house, and one went up by stairs to the middle story, and from the middle story to the third. 9 (A)So he built the house and finished it, and he made the ceiling of the house of beams and planks of cedar. 10 He built the structure against the whole house, five cubits high, and it was joined to the house with timbers of cedar.
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- 1 Kings 6:8 Septuagint, Targum; Hebrew middle
1 Kings 6:8-10
New King James Version
8 The doorway for the [a]middle story was on the right side of the temple. They went up by stairs to the middle story, and from the middle to the third.
9 (A)So he built the [b]temple and finished it, and he paneled the temple with beams and boards of cedar. 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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- 1 Kings 6:8 So with MT, Vg.; LXX upper story; Tg. ground story
- 1 Kings 6:9 Lit. house
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