1 Kings 6:5-7
Easy-to-Read Version
5 Then Solomon built a row of rooms around the main part of the Temple. This row of rooms was three stories tall with the rooms built one above the other. 6 The rooms touched the Temple wall, but their beams were not built into that wall. The Temple wall became thinner at the top, so the rooms on the upper floors were larger than the ones below them. The rooms on the bottom floor were 5 cubits[a] wide. The rooms on the middle floor were 6 cubits[b] wide. The rooms above that were 7 cubits[c] wide. 7 The stones were completely finished before they were brought into the Temple area, so there was no noise of hammers, axes, or any other iron tools in the Temple.
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- 1 Kings 6:6 5 cubits 8' 6" (2.6 m). Also in verses 10, 24-26.
- 1 Kings 6:6 6 cubits 10' 2 7/16" (3.11 m).
- 1 Kings 6:6 7 cubits 11' 10 13/16" (3.63 m).
1 Kings 6:5-7
New International Version
5 Against the walls of the main hall and inner sanctuary he built a structure around the building, in which there were side rooms.(A) 6 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.
7 In building the temple, only blocks dressed(B) at the quarry were used, and no hammer, chisel or any other iron tool(C) was heard at the temple site while it was being built.
Footnotes
- 1 Kings 6:6 That is, about 7 1/2 feet or about 2.3 meters; also in verses 10 and 24
- 1 Kings 6:6 That is, about 9 feet or about 2.7 meters
- 1 Kings 6:6 That is, about 11 feet or about 3.2 meters
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