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1 Kings 6:5

1 Kings 6:5
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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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And against the wall of the house he built chambers round about,.... Or near it, as Jarchi interprets it, for the beams of them were not fastened in in it, Kg1 6:6; or rather "upon" it (p); and when…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Chambers - (Margin, floors). Rather, a lean-to, which completely surrounded three sides of the building, the north, the west, and the south.

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

1 Kings 6:1-10

Here, I. The temple is called the house of the Lord (Kg1 6:1), because it was, 1. Directed and modelled by him. Infinite Wisdom was the architect, and gave David the plan or pattern by the Spirit, not…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

And against the wall of the house he built chambers The A. V. points out by its margin that the word here translated -chambers" is not the same as that so rendered in the latter part of the verse. For…