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1 Kings 6:5

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Against the walls of the temple and the inner sanctuary, Solomon built a chambered structure around the temple, in which he constructed the side rooms.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And against the wall of the house he built stories round about, against the walls of the house round about, both of the temple and of the oracle; and he made side-chambers round about.

KJV

And against the wall of the house he built chambers round about, against the walls of the house round about, both of the temple and of the oracle: and he made chambers round about:

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This verse in 1 Kings 6

Commentary

7 notes on this verse

A commentator

Ishodad of Merv

BOOKS OF SESSIONS 1 KINGS 6:5 · Written before 850.

Against the sides of the house he made side chambers, that is, some porticos like those built around a basilica, one on the other, in three levels. He did this, in the first place, because the portico was narrow and could not been divided into …

This site's exposition

sixty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high

on 1 Kings 6:2-6

Solomon’s house is “sixty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high”. Its length and width double the tabernacle’s thirty by ten at Exodus 26, and its height triples the tabernacle’s ten. The side rooms rest on “offset ledges around the outside of the temple”.

This site's exposition

he constructed the side rooms

The side rooms wrapped the temple on the north, west and south, as Albert Barnes and John Wesley describe it. Wesley sets the rooms fifteen cubits high against a higher wall, which left space for windows above. Ishodad of Merv compares them to the porticos around a basilica.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices

A commentator

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Round about - On all the sides except the east, where the porch was; and except some very small passages for the light. And yet these lights might be in the five uppermost cubits of the wall, which were above all these chambers, for these were only fifteen cubits high, and the wall was twenty cubits high.
And against the wall of the house he built chambers round about,....

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

Solomon was not so intent upon the magnificence of the house as to neglect the conveniences that were requisite for the offices thereof, that every thing might be done decently and in order. Care was taken that the beams should not be fastened in the walls to weaken them,

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Chambers - (Margin, floors). Rather, a lean-to, which completely surrounded three sides of the building, the north, the west, and the south.

The words behind it

15 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַיִּבֶן֩and he built

    vaiyivenH1129 →376 times

  • עַל־on

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • קִ֨יר[the] wall of

    kirH7023 →75 times

  • הַבַּ֤יִתthe house

    habayitH1004 →2046 times

  • יָצִ֙יעַ֙an extension

    yatzoa'H3326 →8 times

  • סָבִ֔יבall around

    savivH5439 →336 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • קִיר֤וֹת[the] walls of

    kirotH7023 →75 times

  • הַבַּ֙יִת֙the house

    habayitH1004 →2046 times

  • סָבִ֔יבaround

    savivH5439 →336 times

  • לַֽהֵיכָ֖ל<to> the temple

    laheikhalH1964 →80 times

  • וְלַדְּבִ֑ירand <to> the innermost room

    veladevirH1687 →16 times

  • וַיַּ֥עַשׂand he made

    vaiyaasH6213 →2628 times

  • צְלָע֖וֹתside-chambers

    tzelaotH6763 →40 times

  • סָבִֽיב׃all around

    savivH5439 →336 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

18 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

1 Kings 6:16He partitioned off the twenty cubits at the rear of the temple with cedar boards from floor to ceiling to form within the temple an inner sanctuary, the Most Holy Place.5 works1 Kings 6:19–21Solomon also prepared the inner sanctuary within the temple to set the ark of the covenant of the LORD there.3 worksPsalms 28:2Hear my cry for mercy when I call to You for help, when I lift up my hands toward Your holy sanctuary.3 works2 Chronicles 5:9The poles of the ark extended far enough that their ends were visible from in front of the inner sanctuary, but not from outside the Holy Place; and they are there to this day.3 works2 Chronicles 4:20the lampstands of pure gold and their lamps, to burn in front of the inner sanctuary as prescribed;3 works1 Kings 6:31For the entrance to the inner sanctuary, Solomon constructed doors of olive wood with five-sided doorposts.3 works
The other 12 cross-references, with their words ▾
2 Chronicles 5:7Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the LORD to its place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, the Most Holy Place, beneath the wings of the cherubim.3 worksSong of Solomon 1:4Take me away with you—let us hurry! May the king bring me to his chambers. We will rejoice and delight in you; we will praise your love more than wine. It is only right that they adore you.2 worksEzekiel 41:5–11Next he measured the wall of the temple to be six cubits thick, and the width of each side room around the temple was four cubits.2 worksExodus 25:22And I will meet with you there above the mercy seat, between the two cherubim that are over the ark of the Testimony; I will speak with you about all that I command you regarding the Israelites.2 works2 Chronicles 31:11Then Hezekiah commanded them to prepare storerooms in the house of the LORD, and they did so.2 worksJeremiah 35:4and I brought them into the house of the LORD, to a chamber occupied by the sons of Hanan son of Igdaliah, a man of God. This room was near the chamber of the officials, which was above the chamber of Maaseiah son of Shallum the doorkeeper.2 worksLeviticus 16:2And the LORD said to Moses: “Tell your brother Aaron not to enter freely into the Most Holy Place behind the veil in front of the mercy seat on the ark, or else he will die, because I appear in the cloud above the mercy seat.2 works1 Chronicles 28:11Then David gave his son Solomon the plans for the portico of the temple, its buildings, storehouses, upper rooms, inner rooms, and the room for the mercy seat.2 works1 Chronicles 23:28but their duty was to assist the descendants of Aaron with the service of the house of the LORD, being responsible for the courts and chambers, the purification of all the holy things, and the work of the service of the house of God,2 worksNehemiah 12:44And on that same day men were appointed over the rooms that housed the supplies, contributions, firstfruits, and tithes. The portions specified by the Law for the priests and Levites were gathered into these storerooms from the fields of the villages, because Judah rejoiced over the priests and Levites who were serving.2 worksNumbers 7:89When Moses entered the Tent of Meeting to speak with the LORD, he heard the voice speaking to him from between the two cherubim above the mercy seat on the ark of the Testimony. Thus the LORD spoke to him.2 worksNehemiah 10:37Moreover, we will bring to the priests at the storerooms of the house of our God the firstfruits of our dough, of our grain offerings, of the fruit of all our trees, and of our new wine and oil. A tenth of our produce belongs to the Levites, so that they shall receive tithes in all the towns where we labor.2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Psalms 28:2

    Hear my cry for mercy when I call to You for help, when I lift up my hands toward Your holy sanctuary.

    it leads to

    • Psalms 141:2

      May my prayer be set before You like incense, my uplifted hands like the evening offering.

    • Psalms 138:2

      I bow down toward Your holy temple and give thanks to Your name for Your loving devotion and Your faithfulness; You have exalted Your name and Your word above all else.

    • Psalms 140:6

      I say to the LORD, “You are my God.” Hear, O LORD, my cry for help.

    • 1 Timothy 2:8

      Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger or dissension.

    • Psalms 5:7

      But I will enter Your house by the abundance of Your loving devotion; in reverence I will bow down toward Your holy temple.

  • Through

    1 Kings 6:16

    He partitioned off the twenty cubits at the rear of the temple with cedar boards from floor to ceiling to form within the temple an inner sanctuary, the Most Holy Place.

    it leads to

    • 2 Chronicles 3:8

      Then he made the Most Holy Place; its length corresponded to the width of the temple—twenty cubits long and twenty cubits wide. And he overlaid the inside with six hundred talents of fine gold.

    • 1 Kings 8:6

      Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the LORD to its place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, the Most Holy Place, beneath the wings of the cherubim.

    • Hebrews 9:3

      Behind the second curtain was a room called the Most Holy Place,

Where this verse is studied

About 1 Kings

The visit of the Queen of Sheba to King Solomon, Sir Edward John Poynter, 1890. Public domain.
The visit of the Queen of Sheba to King Solomon, Sir Edward John Poynter, 1890. Public domain.
1 Kings: the study guide →Read 1 Kings 6 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Ishodad of Merv, BOOKS OF SESSIONS 1 KINGS 6:5; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Keil, The Books of the Kings and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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