1 Kings 6:5

CAB⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁵ And against the wall of the house he set chambers round about the temple and the ark.

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against. or, upon, or joining to. built.
1 Chronicles 9:26; 1 Chronicles 23:28; 1 Chronicles 28:11; 2 Chronicles 31:11; Nehemiah 10:37; Nehemiah 12:44; Nehemiah 13:5-9; Song of Songs 1:4
Jeremiah 35:4; Ezekiel 40:44; Ezekiel 41:5-11; Ezekiel 42:3-12
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.
oracle.
1 Kings 6:16; 1 Kings 6:19-21; 1 Kings 6:31; Exodus 25:22; Leviticus 16:2; Numbers 7:89; 2 Chronicles 4:20; 2 Chronicles 5:7; 2 Chronicles 5:9; Psalms 28:2
chambers. Heb. ribs.