1Ki 6:5, 1Ch 9:26, 23:28, 2Ch 31:11 | TSK | STEP | against. or, upon, or joining to. built. 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. oracle. chambers. Heb. ribs.

‏ 1 Kings 6:5

against. or, upon, or joining to. built.

1Ch 9:26; 23:28; 28:11; 2Ch 31:11; Ne 10:37; 12:44; 13:5-9; So 1:4

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.

oracle.

16,19-21,31; Ex 25:22; Le 16:2; Nu 7:89; 2Ch 4:20; 5:7,9; Ps 28:2

chambers. Heb. ribs.

‏ 1 Chronicles 9:26

set office. or, trust. chambers. or, storehouses.treasuries.

26:20-27; 2Ch 31:5-12; Ne 10:38,39; 13:5

‏ 1 Chronicles 23:28

office was to wait, etc. Heb. station was at the hand ofAaron.

18:17; *marg:

Ne 11:24

for the service.

4; 28:13; Nu 3:6-9; 1Ki 6:5; 2Ch 31:11; Ezr 8:29; Ne 13:4,5,9

Jer 35:4; Eze 41:6-11,26; 42:3,13

purifying.

9:28,29; 2Ch 29:5,18,19; 35:3-6,11-14

‏ 2 Chronicles 31:11

chambers. or, store-houses.

Ne 10:38,39; 13:5,12,13