Cross References The floor that was underneath was five cubits in breadth, and the middle floor was six cubits in breadth, and the third floor was seven cubits in breadth. And he put beams in the house round about on the outside, that they might not be fastened in the walls of the temple. 1 Kings 6:5 And upon the wall of the temple, he built floors round about, in the walls of the house, round about the temple and the oracle, and he made chambers in the sides round about. 1 Kings 6:7 And the house, when it was in building, was built of stones, hewed and made ready: so that there was neither hammer nor axe, nor any tool of iron heard in the house when it was in building. Ezekiel 41:6 And the side chambers one by another, were twice thirty-three: and they bore outwards, that they might enter in through the wall of the house in the sides round about, to hold in, and not to touch the wall of the temple. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge The floor that was underneath was five cubits in breadth, and the middle floor was six cubits in breadth, and the third floor was seven cubits in breadth. And he put beams in the house round about on the outside, that they might not be fastened in the walls of the temple. narrowed rests. Context The Chambers5And upon the wall of the temple, he built floors round about, in the walls of the house, round about the temple and the oracle, and he made chambers in the sides round about. 6The floor that was underneath was five cubits in breadth, and the middle floor was six cubits in breadth, and the third floor was seven cubits in breadth. And he put beams in the house round about on the outside, that they might not be fastened in the walls of the temple.7And the house, when it was in building, was built of stones, hewed and made ready: so that there was neither hammer nor axe, nor any tool of iron heard in the house when it was in building.… Lexicon The bottomהַתַּחְתֹּנָ֜ה (hat·taḥ·tō·nāh) Article | Adjective - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 8481: Lower, lowest floor [was] הַיָּצִ֨יעַ (hay·yā·ṣî·a‘) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3326: Spread, a bed, an extension, wing, lean-to five חָמֵ֧שׁ (ḥā·mêš) Number - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 2568: Five cubits בָּאַמָּ֣ה (bā·’am·māh) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 520: A mother, a cubit, a door-base wide, רָחְבָּ֗הּ (rā·ḥə·bāh) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 7341: Breadth, width the middle floor וְהַתִּֽיכֹנָה֙ (wə·hat·tî·ḵō·nāh) Conjunctive waw, Article | Adjective - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 8484: Central six שֵׁ֤שׁ (šêš) Number - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 8337: Six (a cardinal number) cubits, בָּֽאַמָּה֙ (bā·’am·māh) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 520: A mother, a cubit, a door-base and the third [floor] וְהַ֨שְּׁלִישִׁ֔ית (wə·haš·šə·lî·šîṯ) Conjunctive waw, Article | Number - ordinal feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 7992: Third, feminine a, third, a third, a third-story cell) seven שֶׁ֥בַע (še·ḇa‘) Number - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 7651: Seven, seven times, a week, an indefinite number cubits. בָּאַמָּ֖ה (bā·’am·māh) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 520: A mother, a cubit, a door-base He also placed נָתַ֨ן (nā·ṯan) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5414: To give, put, set offset ledges מִגְרָעוֹת֩ (miḡ·rā·‘ō·wṯ) Noun - feminine plural Strong's Hebrew 4052: A ledge, offset all around סָבִיב֙ (sā·ḇîḇ) Adverb Strong's Hebrew 5439: A circle, neighbour, environs, around the outside ח֔וּצָה (ḥū·ṣāh) Noun - masculine singular | third person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 2351: Separate by a, wall, outside, outdoors of the temple, לַבַּ֤יִת (lab·ba·yiṯ) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1004: A house so that nothing לְבִלְתִּ֖י (lə·ḇil·tî) Preposition-l Strong's Hebrew 1115: A failure of, not, except, without, unless, besides, because not, until would be inserted אֲחֹ֥ז (’ă·ḥōz) Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's Hebrew 270: To grasp, take hold, take possession into [its] הַבָּֽיִת׃ (hab·bā·yiṯ) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1004: A house walls. בְּקִֽירוֹת־ (bə·qî·rō·wṯ-) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's Hebrew 7023: A wall Additional Translations The bottom floor was five cubits wide, the middle floor six cubits, and the third floor seven cubits. He also placed offset ledges all around the outside of the temple, so that nothing would be inserted into its walls.The nethermost chamber was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad: for without in the wall of the house he made narrowed rests round about, that the beams should not be fastened in the walls of the house. The nethermost story was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad; for on the outside he made offsets in the wall of the house round about, that the beams'should not have hold in the walls of the house. The under side was five cubits broad, and the middle part six, and the third was seven cubits broad; for he formed an interval to the house round about without the house, that they might not touch the walls of the house. The lowest floor was five cubits broad, and the middle one was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad; for in the [thickness of the wall of] the house he made resets round about outside, that nothing should be fastened in the walls of the house. The nethermost story was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad: for on the outside he made rebatements in the wall of the house round about, that the beams should not have hold in the walls of the house. The nethermost chamber was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad: for without in the wall of the house he made narrowed rests round about, that the beams should not be fastened in the walls of the house. The nethermost story was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad; for on the outside he made offsets [in the wall] of the house all around, that [the beams] should not have hold in the walls of the house. The lowest couch, five by the cubit is its breadth; and the middle, six by the cubit is its breadth; and the third, seven by the cubit is its breadth, for withdrawings he hath put to the house round about, without -- not to lay hold on the walls of the house. 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