1 Kings 6:5-10
New American Standard Bible 1995
5 (A)Against the wall of the house he built stories encompassing the walls of the house around both the nave and the (B)inner sanctuary; thus he made (C)side chambers all around. 6 The lowest story was five cubits wide, and the middle was six cubits wide, and the third was seven cubits wide; for on the outside he [a]made offsets in the wall of the house all around in order that the beams would not [b]be inserted in the walls of the house.
7 (D)The house, while it was being built, was built of stone [c]prepared at the quarry, and there was neither hammer nor axe nor any iron tool heard in the house while it was being built.
8 The doorway for the [d]lowest side chamber was on the right side of the house; and they would go up by winding stairs to the middle story, and from the middle to the third. 9 So (E)he built the house and finished it; and he covered the house with beams and [e]planks of cedar. 10 He also built the stories against the whole house, each five [f]cubits high; and they [g]were fastened to the house with timbers of cedar.
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- 1 Kings 6:6 Lit gave
- 1 Kings 6:6 Lit take hold
- 1 Kings 6:7 Lit finished
- 1 Kings 6:8 So with Gr and versions; M.T. middle
- 1 Kings 6:9 Lit rows
- 1 Kings 6:10 I.e. One cubit equals approx 18 in.
- 1 Kings 6:10 Lit took hold
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