Also for the house (A)he made windows with artistic frames. (B)Against the wall of the house he built stories encompassing the walls of the house around both the main room and the [a](C)inner sanctuary; so he made (D)side chambers all around. The lowest story was [b]five cubits wide, the middle was six cubits wide, and the third was seven cubits wide; for on the outside he [c]made offsets in the wall of the house all around so that the beams would not [d]be inserted into the walls of the house.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 6:5 I.e., Most Holy Place
  2. 1 Kings 6:6 About 7.5 ft. wide, 9 ft. wide, and 11 ft. wide or 2.3 m, 2.7 m, and 3.3 m
  3. 1 Kings 6:6 Lit gave
  4. 1 Kings 6:6 Lit take hold

He made narrow windows(A) high up in the temple walls. Against the walls of the main hall and inner sanctuary he built a structure around the building, in which there were side rooms.(B) The lowest floor was five cubits[a] wide, the middle floor six cubits[b] and the third floor seven.[c] He made offset ledges around the outside of the temple so that nothing would be inserted into the temple walls.

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  1. 1 Kings 6:6 That is, about 7 1/2 feet or about 2.3 meters; also in verses 10 and 24
  2. 1 Kings 6:6 That is, about 9 feet or about 2.7 meters
  3. 1 Kings 6:6 That is, about 11 feet or about 3.2 meters