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The height of each was five cubits, and they were attached to the temple by beams of cedar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/1_kings/6.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />As already stated, he built a complex of rooms along the sides of the building, attached to the Temple walls by cedar timbers. Each story of the complex was 7 1 / 2 feet high.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/1_kings/6.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />He built the structure against the whole house, five cubits high, and it was joined to the house with timbers of cedar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/1_kings/6.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />He built chambers all along the temple, each five cubits high and attached to the temple with beams of cedar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/1_kings/6.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And <i>then</i> he built chambers against all the house, five cubits high: and they rested on the house with timber of cedar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/1_kings/6.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And he built side chambers against the entire temple, each five cubits high; they were attached to the temple with cedar beams.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/1_kings/6.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />He also built the stories against the whole house, <i>each</i> five cubits high; and they were attached to the house with timbers of cedar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/1_kings/6.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />He also built the stories against the whole house, each five cubits high; and they were fastened to the house with timbers of cedar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/1_kings/6.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />He also built the stories against the whole house, each five cubits high; and they were fastened to the house with timbers of cedar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/1_kings/6.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />He also built the stories against the whole house, each five cubits high; and they were fastened to the house with timbers of cedar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/1_kings/6.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Then he built the extensions [of rooms] against the entire house, each [story] five cubits high; and they were attached to the house with timbers of cedar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/1_kings/6.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />He built the chambers along the entire temple, joined to the temple with cedar beams; each story was 7 1 /2 feet high.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/1_kings/6.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />He built the chambers along the entire temple, joined to the temple with cedar beams; each story was 7 1/2 feet high. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/1_kings/6.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And he built the stories against all the house, each five cubits high: and they rested on the house with timber of cedar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/1_kings/6.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Storage rooms just over two meters high were all around the temple, and they were attached to the temple by cedar beams. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/1_kings/6.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And he built the stories against all the house, each five cubits high: and they rested on the house with timber of cedar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/1_kings/6.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />He built [each story of the] annex 7 1/2 feet high alongside the entire temple. Its cedar beams were attached to the temple.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/1_kings/6.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The three-storied annex, each story 7� feet high, was built against the outside walls of the Temple, and was joined to them by cedar beams. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/1_kings/6.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />He constructed this structure to adjoin the entire Temple, five cubits high, and fastened it to the Temple with cedar timbers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/1_kings/6.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />He built chambers all along the temple, each five cubits high and attached to the temple with beams of cedar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/1_kings/6.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />He built an extension all around the temple; it was seven and a half feet high and it was attached to the temple by cedar beams. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/1_kings/6.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />He built the stories against all the house, each eight feet and seven inchess high: and they rested on the house with timber of cedar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/1_kings/6.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And then he built chambers against all the house, five cubits high: and they rested on the house with timber of cedar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/1_kings/6.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />He built the floors all along the house, each five cubits high; and they rested on the house with timbers of cedar. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/1_kings/6.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And he builds the couch against all the house, its breadth [is] five cubits, and it takes hold of the house by cedar-wood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/1_kings/6.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And he buildeth the couch against all the house, five cubits is its height, and it taketh hold of the house by cedar-wood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/1_kings/6.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />He will build the floor upon all the house, five cubits its height: and it will hold to the house with woods of cedars.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/1_kings/6.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And he built a floor over all the house five cubits in height, and he covered the house with timber of cedar. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/1_kings/6.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And he built a paneling over the entire house, five cubits in height, and he covered the house with cedar wood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/1_kings/6.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />He built the substructure five cubits high all along the outside of the house, to which it was joined by cedar beams.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/1_kings/6.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />He built the structure against the whole house, each story five cubits high, and it was joined to the house with timbers of cedar.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/1_kings/6.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And then he built additional rooms against the whole house, five cubits high, and they were fastened to the house with timbers of cedar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/1_kings/6.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And he built surrounding corridors against the whole house, five cubits in their height and enclosed the house in wood of cedar.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/1_kings/6.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And he built the stories of the side-structure against all the house, each five cubits high; and they rested on the house with timber of cedar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/1_kings/6.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And he made the partitions through all the house, each five cubits high, and enclosed each partition with cedar boards.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/1_kings/6-10.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xx9A0AxPaoQ?start=2040" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/1_kings/6.htm">The Chambers</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">9</span>So Solomon built the temple and finished it, roofing it with beams and planks of cedar. <span class="reftext">10</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1129.htm" title="1129: way·yi·ḇen (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To build. A primitive root; to build.">He built</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3326.htm" title="3326: hay·yå̄·ṣō·aʿ (Art:: N-ms) -- A couch, bed. Passive participle of yatsa'; spread, i.e. A bed; an extension, i.e. Wing or lean-to.">chambers</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">all along</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: hab·ba·yiṯ (Art:: N-ms) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">the temple,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2568.htm" title="2568: ḥā·mêš (Number-fs) -- Five. Masculine chamishshah; a primitive numeral; five.">each five</a> <a href="/hebrew/520.htm" title="520: ’am·mō·wṯ (N-fp) -- Prolonged from 'em; properly, a mother (below the elbow), i.e. A cubit; also a door-base (as a bond of the entrance).">cubits</a> <a href="/hebrew/6967.htm" title="6967: qō·w·mā·ṯōw (N-fsc:: 3ms) -- Height. From quwm; height.">high</a> <a href="/hebrew/270.htm" title="270: way·ye·’ĕ·ḥōz (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To grasp, take hold, take possession. A primitive root; to seize.">and attached</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: hab·ba·yiṯ (Art:: N-ms) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">to the temple</a> <a href="/hebrew/6086.htm" title="6086: ba·‘ă·ṣê (Prep-b:: N-mpc) -- Tree, trees, wood. From atsah; a tree; hence, wood.">with beams</a> <a href="/hebrew/730.htm" title="730: ’ă·rā·zîm (N-mp) -- A cedar. From 'araz; a cedar tree.">of cedar.</a> </span><div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/3-3.htm">2 Chronicles 3:3-4</a></span><br />The foundation that Solomon laid for the house of God was sixty cubits long and twenty cubits wide, according to the old standard. / The portico at the front, extending across the width of the temple, was twenty cubits long and twenty cubits high. He overlaid the inside with pure gold.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/3-9.htm">2 Chronicles 3:9</a></span><br />The weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. He also overlaid the upper rooms with gold.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/3-11.htm">2 Chronicles 3:11-14</a></span><br />The total wingspan of the cherubim was twenty cubits. One wing of the first cherub was five cubits long and touched the wall of the temple, and its other wing was five cubits long and touched the wing of the other cherub. / The wing of the second cherub also measured five cubits and touched the wall of the temple, while its other wing measured five cubits and touched the wing of the first cherub. / So the total wingspan of these cherubim was twenty cubits. They stood on their feet, facing the main room. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/4-1.htm">2 Chronicles 4:1</a></span><br />He made a bronze altar twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and ten cubits high.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/4-19.htm">2 Chronicles 4:19-22</a></span><br />Solomon also made all the furnishings for the house of God: the golden altar; the tables on which was placed the Bread of the Presence; / the lampstands of pure gold and their lamps, to burn in front of the inner sanctuary as prescribed; / the flowers, lamps, and tongs of gold—of purest gold; ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/5-1.htm">2 Chronicles 5:1</a></span><br />So all the work that Solomon had performed for the house of the LORD was completed. Then Solomon brought in the items his father David had dedicated—the silver, the gold, and all the furnishings—and he placed them in the treasuries of the house of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/26-15.htm">Exodus 26:15-30</a></span><br />You are to construct upright frames of acacia wood for the tabernacle. / Each frame is to be ten cubits long and a cubit and a half wide. / Two tenons must be connected to each other for each frame. Make all the frames of the tabernacle in this way. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/36-20.htm">Exodus 36:20-34</a></span><br />Next, he constructed upright frames of acacia wood for the tabernacle. / Each frame was ten cubits long and a cubit and a half wide. / Two tenons were connected to each other for each frame. He made all the frames of the tabernacle in this way. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/41-6.htm">Ezekiel 41:6-7</a></span><br />The side rooms were arranged one above another in three levels of thirty rooms each. There were ledges all around the wall of the temple to serve as supports for the side rooms, so that the supports would not be fastened into the wall of the temple itself. / The side rooms surrounding the temple widened at each successive level, because the structure surrounding the temple ascended by stages corresponding to the narrowing of the temple wall as it rose upward. And so a stairway went up from the lowest story to the highest, through the middle one.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/41-16.htm">Ezekiel 41:16</a></span><br />as well as the thresholds and the beveled windows and the galleries all around with their three levels opposite the threshold, were overlaid with wood on all sides. They were paneled from the ground to the windows, and the windows were covered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/7-12.htm">1 Kings 7:12</a></span><br />The great courtyard was surrounded by three rows of dressed stone and a row of trimmed cedar beams, as were the inner courtyard and portico of the house of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/7-15.htm">1 Kings 7:15-22</a></span><br />He cast two pillars of bronze, each eighteen cubits high and twelve cubits in circumference. / He also made two capitals of cast bronze to set on top of the pillars, each capital five cubits high. / For the capitals on top of the pillars he made a network of lattice, with wreaths of chainwork, seven for each capital. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/7-23.htm">1 Kings 7:23-26</a></span><br />He also made the Sea of cast metal. It was circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim, five cubits in height, and thirty cubits in circumference. / Below the rim, ornamental buds encircled it, ten per cubit all the way around the Sea, cast in two rows as a part of the Sea. / The Sea stood on twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east. The Sea rested on them, with all their hindquarters toward the center. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/7-27.htm">1 Kings 7:27-39</a></span><br />In addition, he made ten movable stands of bronze, each four cubits long, four cubits wide, and three cubits high. / This was the design of the stands: They had side panels attached to uprights, / and on the panels between the uprights were lions, oxen, and cherubim. On the uprights was a pedestal above, and below the lions and oxen were wreaths of beveled work. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/7-40.htm">1 Kings 7:40-45</a></span><br />Additionally, Huram made the pots, shovels, and sprinkling bowls. So Huram finished all the work that he had undertaken for King Solomon in the house of the LORD: / the two pillars; the two bowl-shaped capitals atop the pillars; the two sets of network covering both bowls of the capitals atop the pillars; / the four hundred pomegranates for the two sets of network (two rows of pomegranates for each network covering both the bowl-shaped capitals atop the pillars); ...</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And then he built chambers against all the house, five cubits high: and they rested on the house with timber of cedar.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_samuel/14-52.htm">Attached</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-9.htm">Boards</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-9.htm">Buildeth</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-9.htm">Built</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-9.htm">Cedar</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-9.htm">Cedar-Wood</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-8.htm">Chambers</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-6.htm">Cubits</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-6.htm">Fastened</a> <a href="/2_samuel/19-17.htm">Fifteen</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-6.htm">Five</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-5.htm">Floors</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-2.htm">Height</a> <a href="/1_kings/3-28.htm">Held</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-2.htm">High</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-6.htm">Hold</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-9.htm">House</a> <a href="/2_samuel/20-2.htm">Joined</a> <a href="/1_kings/2-24.htm">Line</a> <a href="/1_kings/2-10.htm">Rested</a> <a href="/2_samuel/4-5.htm">Resting</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-8.htm">Rooms</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-8.htm">Side</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-6.htm">Side-Structure</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-5.htm">Stories</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-8.htm">Story</a> <a href="/ephesians/2-21.htm">Structure</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-9.htm">Temple</a> <a href="/1_kings/5-18.htm">Timber</a> <a href="/1_kings/5-18.htm">Timbers</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-6.htm">Walls</a> <a href="/2_samuel/24-23.htm">Whole</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_kings/7-28.htm">Attached</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-15.htm">Boards</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-14.htm">Buildeth</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-14.htm">Built</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-15.htm">Cedar</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-15.htm">Cedar-Wood</a> <a href="/1_kings/7-3.htm">Chambers</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-16.htm">Cubits</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/10-10.htm">Fastened</a> <a href="/1_kings/7-3.htm">Fifteen</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-24.htm">Five</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-30.htm">Floors</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-20.htm">Height</a> <a href="/1_kings/7-26.htm">Held</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-20.htm">High</a> <a href="/1_kings/7-26.htm">Hold</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-12.htm">House</a> <a href="/1_kings/7-32.htm">Joined</a> <a href="/1_kings/7-15.htm">Line</a> <a href="/1_kings/7-3.htm">Rested</a> <a href="/2_kings/2-15.htm">Resting</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-29.htm">Rooms</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-31.htm">Side</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-5.htm">Side-Structure</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-28.htm">Stories</a> <a href="/1_kings/10-7.htm">Story</a> <a href="/1_kings/7-34.htm">Structure</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-12.htm">Temple</a> <a href="/1_kings/9-11.htm">Timber</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/22-4.htm">Timbers</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-15.htm">Walls</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-18.htm">Whole</a><div class="vheading2">1 Kings 6</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/6-1.htm">The building of Solomon's temple</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/6-5.htm">The chambers thereof</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/6-11.htm">God's promise unto it</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/6-15.htm">The ceiling and adorning of it</a></span><br><span class="reftext">23. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/6-23.htm">The cherubim</a></span><br><span class="reftext">31. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/6-31.htm">The doors</a></span><br><span class="reftext">36. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/6-36.htm">The court</a></span><br><span class="reftext">37. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/6-37.htm">The time of building it</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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These chambers were likely used to store temple treasures, offerings, and other necessary items for temple service. The design reflects the importance of the temple as a central place of worship and administration in Israel. The chambers also symbolize the provision and orderliness of God’s house, ensuring that everything needed for worship and sacrifice was readily available.<p><b>each five cubits high</b><br>A cubit is generally considered to be about 18 inches, making these chambers approximately 7.5 feet high. This height suggests a modest but functional space, sufficient for storage and possibly for the priests to use as living quarters. The specific measurement underscores the precision and care in the temple's construction, reflecting the divine order and attention to detail that God required for His dwelling place.<p><b>and attached to the temple with beams of cedar</b><br>Cedar wood was highly valued in ancient times for its durability, resistance to decay, and pleasant aroma. The use of cedar beams signifies the quality and permanence intended for the temple structure. Cedar was imported from Lebanon, indicating the extensive trade networks and the resources Solomon utilized to build the temple. This choice of material also connects to the construction of Solomon's palace and other significant buildings, emphasizing the grandeur and significance of the temple. The attachment of these chambers with cedar beams highlights the integration and unity of the temple complex, symbolizing the interconnectedness of worship, service, and community in the life of Israel.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/s/solomon.htm">Solomon</a></b><br>The king of Israel who was responsible for building the temple. His reign is marked by wisdom and prosperity, and the construction of the temple is one of his most significant achievements.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_temple.htm">The Temple</a></b><br>The holy place in Jerusalem where the Israelites worshiped God. It was a central place of worship and a symbol of God's presence among His people.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/c/cedar_beams.htm">Cedar Beams</a></b><br>Used in the construction of the temple, cedar wood was valued for its durability and resistance to decay, symbolizing strength and longevity.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/c/chambers.htm">Chambers</a></b><br>These were rooms built around the temple, possibly used for storage or housing the priests. They were integral to the temple's function and structure.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a></b><br>The city where the temple was built, serving as the political and spiritual center of Israel.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/o/obedience_to_god's_design.htm">Obedience to God's Design</a></b><br>Solomon's construction of the temple according to God's specifications highlights the importance of obedience in our lives. We are called to follow God's instructions in our personal and communal worship.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_significance_of_sacred_spaces.htm">The Significance of Sacred Spaces</a></b><br>The temple was a place where God's presence dwelled among His people. Today, we are reminded that our bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, and we should honor God with our lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_preparation_and_excellence.htm">The Role of Preparation and Excellence</a></b><br>The use of quality materials like cedar beams signifies the importance of giving our best to God. In our service and worship, we should strive for excellence, reflecting God's glory.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_and_support.htm">Community and Support</a></b><br>The chambers around the temple provided necessary support and functionality. In the body of Christ, we are called to support one another, ensuring that each member is cared for and equipped for service.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/legacy_and_continuity.htm">Legacy and Continuity</a></b><br>Solomon's temple was a fulfillment of God's promise to David. Our actions and faithfulness today can have lasting impacts on future generations, encouraging us to build a legacy of faith.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_1_kings_6.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 1 Kings 6</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_ezekiel_41_with_1_kings_6.htm">How can Ezekiel 41's instructions be reconciled with the different layout presented for Solomon's Temple in 1 Kings 6?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/do_ezekiel_41_1-5_measurements_match_any_temple.htm">How do the specific measurements in Ezekiel 41 (particularly verses 1-5) align with any known historical or archaeological temple structure?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_do_ezekiel's_and_1_kings'_temples_differ.htm">What explains inconsistencies between the Temple vision in Ezekiel 40 and other biblical Temple descriptions, such as in 1 Kings 6-7?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/do_ezekiel_40_5-16_match_temple_finds.htm">How do the measurements in Ezekiel 40:5-16 align with archaeological evidence of any actual Temple structure?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_kings/6.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 10.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And then</span> [Heb. <span class="accented">omits</span>] <span class="cmt_word">he built chambers</span> [Heb. <span class="accented">the floor</span> (<span class="hebrew">הַיָּצִועַ</span>). The word (masculine) is here again used of the entire side structure] <span class="cmt_word">against all the house, five cubits high</span> [<span class="accented">i.e.</span>, each story was five cubits (7.5 feet). The three stories would altogether measure fifteen cubits, and of course something must be allowed for joists, floors, etc. The entire height of the side structure (exterior) would consequently be about 18 or 20 cubits. And as the house was internally 30 cubits high, the exterior measurement would probably be about 32 cubits. It has hence been inferred that between the side structure and the top of temple wall there would be a clear space of 12 or 14 cubits, in which the windows were inserted. But this is based on the assumption that the side structure had a <span class="accented">flat</span> roof, which is by no means certain. If the roof leaned against the walls of the house, with a low pitch, there would still be space amply sufficient for the clerestory windows. Rawlinson's diagram (p. 511), which gives 80 cubits as the height from basement to <span class="accented">ridge of roof</span>, and only allows 20 cubits for height of walls, practically makes the house 20 instead of 30 cubits high, for it is hardly likely that it had an open roof. In fact, we know that it had a cieling (ver. 14), which must have been at the height of 30 cubits (see the diagrams on p. 102. In <p><span class="note_emph">(1)</span> house and side structure are represented with flat, in <p><span class="note_emph">(2)</span> with ridged or sloping roofs), <p>unless there was an upper chamber above the house, as to which see ver. 20. Rawlinson's diagram has this further defect, that he allows nothing for thickness of joists, floors, and cielings. If we allow one cubit for each floor, then, on his plan, there would be little or no room left for the windows. This verse is hardly to be considered as a repetition of ver. 5, the side structure being here mentioned in connexion with its height and the materials used in its construction] <span class="cmt_word">and they rested on</span> [the meaning of the Heb. <span class="hebrew">וַיֶּאֶחֹז</span> has been much disputed. It is uncertain what is the nominative, Solomon (as in <span class="hebrew">וַיִּבֶן</span>), or the "floor" (just referred to in <span class="hebrew">קומָתו</span>). Gesenius understands the former, and renders, "<span class="accented">he</span> covered the house," etc. Thenius, "<span class="accented">he</span> fastened the floor," etc. Keil adopts the latter alternative, "it held to the house with cedar beams." It may be urged against this rendering (as also against Thenius's) that beams which merely <span class="accented">rested</span> on the walls would hardly <span class="accented">bind</span> or <span class="accented">hold</span> the side structure to the main building. But it is almost impossible to decide between these interpretations. We may either render "he covered," etc. (with Chald., Vulg.) in which case ver. 10 would agree with ver. 9 (each, <span class="accented">i.e.</span>, would refer to the roofing; ver. 9 to roof of temple; ver. 10 to roof of side structure and its stories); or we may take the words to mean "it laid hold of, <span class="accented">i.e.</span>, rested on] <span class="cmt_word">the house with timber of cedar.</span> At this point the historian interrupts his description of the building to record the gracious promise made to the king during its erection. It should, perhaps, be stated that this (vers. 11-14) is omitted in the Vat. LXX. But it has every mark of genuineness.] <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/1_kings/6-10.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">He built</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּ֤בֶן</span> <span class="translit">(way·yi·ḇen)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1129.htm">Strong's 1129: </a> </span><span class="str2">To build</span><br /><br /><span class="word">chambers</span><br /><span class="heb">הַיָּצִ֙יעַ֙</span> <span class="translit">(hay·yā·ṣî·a‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3326.htm">Strong's 3326: </a> </span><span class="str2">Spread, a bed, an extension, wing, lean-to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">all along</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the temple,</span><br /><span class="heb">הַבַּ֔יִת</span> <span class="translit">(hab·ba·yiṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> </span><span class="str2">A house</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[each] five</span><br /><span class="heb">חָמֵ֥שׁ</span> <span class="translit">(ḥā·mêš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2568.htm">Strong's 2568: </a> </span><span class="str2">Five</span><br /><br /><span class="word">cubits</span><br /><span class="heb">אַמּ֖וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(’am·mō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_520.htm">Strong's 520: </a> </span><span class="str2">A mother, a cubit, a door-base</span><br /><br /><span class="word">high</span><br /><span class="heb">קֽוֹמָת֑וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(qō·w·mā·ṯōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6967.htm">Strong's 6967: </a> </span><span class="str2">Height</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and attached</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיֶּאֱחֹ֥ז</span> <span class="translit">(way·ye·’ĕ·ḥōz)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_270.htm">Strong's 270: </a> </span><span class="str2">To grasp, take hold, take possession</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to the temple</span><br /><span class="heb">הַבַּ֖יִת</span> <span class="translit">(hab·ba·yiṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> </span><span class="str2">A house</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with beams</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּעֲצֵ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(ba·‘ă·ṣê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6086.htm">Strong's 6086: </a> </span><span class="str2">Tree, trees, wood</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of cedar.</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲרָזִֽים׃</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·rā·zîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_730.htm">Strong's 730: </a> </span><span class="str2">A cedar tree</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_kings/6-10.htm">1 Kings 6:10 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/1_kings/6-10.htm">1 Kings 6:10 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/1_kings/6-10.htm">1 Kings 6:10 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/1_kings/6-10.htm">1 Kings 6:10 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/1_kings/6-10.htm">1 Kings 6:10 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/1_kings/6-10.htm">1 Kings 6:10 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_kings/6-10.htm">1 Kings 6:10 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_kings/6-10.htm">1 Kings 6:10 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/1_kings/6-10.htm">1 Kings 6:10 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/1_kings/6-10.htm">1 Kings 6:10 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/1_kings/6-10.htm">OT History: 1 Kings 6:10 He built the stories against all (1Ki iKi i Ki 1 Kg 1kg) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/1_kings/6-9.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Kings 6:9"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Kings 6:9" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/1_kings/6-11.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Kings 6:11"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Kings 6:11" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>