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