1 Kings 6:3-16
framed windows <02474 0331 08261> [windows of narrow lights. or, windows broad within, and narrow without; or, skewed and closed.]
.# 4 So 2:9 Eze 40:16 41:26
walls <07023> [against. or, upon, or joining to. built.]
extension ................ side <03326 06763> [chambers. Heb. floors.]
These appear to have been what we should now call corridors or galleries; in which were apartments for the use of the priests. They consisted of three stories, and increased one cubit in breadth in every story, the wall of the temple being two cubits thicker at the bottom than at the top; and where the wall diminished, a rest was thus formed for the beams of the chambers to lodge upon.
holy place <01687> [oracle.]
extension ................ side <03326 06763> [chambers. Heb. ribs.]
ledges <04052> [narrowed rests. or, narrowings, or rebatements.]
built ... stones ....... used ...................... built <068 01129> [built of stone.]
hammers <04717> [neither hammer.]
side <03802> [side. Heb. shoulder. went up.]
building <01129> [he built.]
rafters ... boards <01356 07713 0730> [with beams and boards of cedar. or, the vault beams and the ceilings with cedar.]
<03212> [if thou wilt.]
fulfill <06965> [then will I perform.]
live <07931> [I will dwell.]
abandon <05800> [will not forsake.]
[A.M. 2993-3000. B.C. 1011-1004.]
constructed <01129> [he built.]
That is, he lined or wainscoted the walls with cedar, the floor being covered with planks of fir: the marginal reading in this verse is preferable, as it removes every difficulty and obscurity.
walls inside ... temple ............. floor .... temple .... rafters ........ temple floor <07023 01004 07172> [both the floor of the house, and the walls. or, from the floor of the house, unto the walls, etc. and so ver.]
built ............ temple ................. paneled <01129 01004> [built them.]
inner sanctuary <01687> [the oracle.]
The oracle was the sanctuary, or holy of holies, in which there was nothing but the ark of the covenant, including the tables of the law, and into which the high priest alone was to enter but once a year.
