² “Go to the Rekabite^(A) family and invite them to come to one of the side rooms^(B) of the house of the Lord and give them wine to drink.”

⁵ Then he measured the wall of the temple; it was six cubits thick, and each side room around the temple was four cubits^[a] wide. ⁶ The side rooms were on three levels, one above another, thirty^(A) on each level. There were ledges all around the wall of the temple to serve as supports for the side rooms, so that the supports were not inserted into the wall of the temple.^(B)