Against the wall of the [a]temple he built (A)chambers all around, against the walls of the temple, all around the sanctuary (B)and the [b]inner sanctuary. Thus he made side chambers all around it.

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  1. 1 Kings 6:5 Lit. house
  2. 1 Kings 6:5 Heb. debir; here the inner room of the temple; elsewhere called the Most Holy Place, v. 16

Against the walls of the main hall and inner sanctuary he built a structure around the building, in which there were side rooms.(A)

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The doorway for the [a]middle story was on the right side of the temple. They went up by stairs to the middle story, and from the middle to the third.

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  1. 1 Kings 6:8 So with MT, Vg.; LXX upper story; Tg. ground story

The entrance to the lowest[a] floor was on the south side of the temple; a stairway led up to the middle level and from there to the third.

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  1. 1 Kings 6:8 Septuagint; Hebrew middle

26 For in this trusted office were four chief gatekeepers; they were Levites. And they had charge over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God.

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26 But the four principal gatekeepers, who were Levites, were entrusted with the responsibility for the rooms and treasuries(A) in the house of God.

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33 These are (A)the singers, heads of the fathers’ houses of the Levites, who lodged in the chambers, and were free from other duties; for they were employed in that work day and night.

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33 Those who were musicians,(A) heads of Levite families, stayed in the rooms of the temple and were exempt from other duties because they were responsible for the work day and night.(B)

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