The nethermost chamber was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad: for without in the wall of the house he made narrowed rests round about, that the beams should not be fastened in the walls of the house.
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Gill's Exposition
And the nethermost chamber was five cubits broad,.... The nethermost row of them, which were upon the first floor:
and the middle was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad; so that…
Barnes' Notes
In order to preserve the sanctity of the temple, and at the same time allow the attachment to it of secular buildings - sleeping apartments, probably, for the priests and other attendants - Solomon…
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
The nethermost chamber(R.V. story) was five cubits broad This is the space between the wall of the Temple and the outer wall of the enclosing structure. The wall of the Temple must have been very…