1 Kings 6:5
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.]
1 Kings 6:16
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.
1 Kings 6:19
inner sanctuary <01687> [the oracle.]
placed <05414> [to set.]
1 Kings 6:23
two cherubs <08147 03742> [two cherubims.]
These were distinct from, and much larger than those which covered the mercy-seat.
olive wood <06086 08081> [olive tree. or, oily trees. Heb. trees of oil.]
