And by the wall of the house he made [a]galleries round about, even by the walls of the house round about the Temple and [b]the oracle, and made chambers round about.

And the nethermost gallery was five cubits broad, and the middlemost six cubits broad, and the third seven cubits broad: for he made [c]rests round about without the house, that the beams should not be fastened in the walls of the house.

And when the house was built, it was built of stone perfect, before it was brought, so that there was neither hammer, nor axe, nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 6:5 Or, lofts.
  2. 1 Kings 6:5 Whence God spake between the Cherubims, called also the most holy place.
  3. 1 Kings 6:6 Which were certain stones coming out of the wall, as stays for the beams to rest upon.

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