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1 Kings 6:8

1 Kings 6:8
The door for the middle chamber was in the right side of the house: and they went up with winding stairs into the middle chamber, and out of the middle into the third.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

The door of the middle chamber was in the right side of the house,.... The south side of it:

and they went up with winding stairs into the middle chamber; which were outside the chambers, and which…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

The door for the middle chamber - i. e., the door which gave access to the mid-most “set of chambers.” The chambers on the ground-floor were possibly reached each by their own door in the outer wall…

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

The door for the middle chamber R.V. middle side-chambers. The LXX. and Targum here give -lowest" instead of -middle;" doubtless because otherwise there is no mode of access to the lower side-chambers…

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