The doorway for the [a]lowest side chamber was on the right side of the house; and they would go up by a winding staircase to the middle story, and from the middle to the third. So (A)he built the house and finished it; and he covered the house with beams and [b]planks of cedar. 10 He also built the stories against the whole house, each [c]five cubits high; and they [d]were attached to the house with timbers of cedar.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 6:8 As in LXX and ancient versions; MT middle
  2. 1 Kings 6:9 Or rows
  3. 1 Kings 6:10 About 7.5 ft. or 2.3 m
  4. 1 Kings 6:10 Lit took hold

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. So he built the temple and completed it, roofing it with beams and cedar(A) planks. 10 And he built the side rooms all along the temple. The height of each was five cubits, and they were attached to the temple by beams of cedar.

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  1. 1 Kings 6:8 Septuagint; Hebrew middle