1 Kings 6:5 (KJV)

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And against the wall of the house he built chambers round about against the walls of the house round about both of the temple and of the oracle and he made chambers round about

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against. or, upon, or joining to. built. 1Ch 9:26 1Ch 23:28 1Ch 28:11 2Ch 31:11 Ne 10:37 Ne 12:44 Ne 13:5-9 So 1:4 Jer 35:4 Eze 40:44 Eze 41:5-11 Eze 42:3-12

oracle. 1Ki 6:16 1Ki 6:19-21 1Ki 6:31 Ex 25:22 Le 16:2 Nu 7:89 2Ch 4:20 2Ch 5:7 2Ch 5:9 Ps 28:2

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. chambers. Heb. ribs.

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