1 Kings 6:5 - Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown Book Notes

1 Kings 6:5

3 The vestibule in front of the¹ sanctuary of the house was twenty cubits long across the width of the house, and the width of³ the vestibule extended ten cubits from the front of the house.

4 And he made for the house ^awindows with beveled frames.

5 Against the wall of the¹ temple he built ^achambers all around, against the walls of the temple, all around the sanctuary ^band the inner sanctuary. Thus he made side chambers all around it.

6 The lowest chamber was five cubits wide, the middle was six cubits wide, and the third was seven cubits wide; for he made narrow ledges around the outside of the temple, so that the support beams would not be fastened into the walls of the¹ temple.

7 And ^athe temple, when it was being built, was built with stone finished at the quarry, so that no hammer or chisel or any iron tool was heard in the temple while it was being built.

8 The doorway for the¹ middle story was on the right side of the temple. They went up by stairs to the middle story, and from the middle to the third.

9 ^aSo he built the¹ temple and finished it, and he paneled the temple with beams and boards of cedar.

10 And he built side chambers against the entire temple, each five cubits high; they were attached to the temple with cedar beams.

11 Then the word of the Lord came to Solomon, saying:

12 “Concerning this¹ temple which you are building, ^aif you walk in My statutes, execute My judgments, keep all My commandments, and walk in them, then I will perform My² word with you, ^bwhich I spoke to your father David.

Book Notes:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown Book Notes

I & II Kings

THE FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF KINGS, in the ancient copies of the Hebrew Bible, constitute one book. Various titles have been given them; in the Septuagint and the Vulgate they are called the Third and Fourth Books of Kings. The authorship of these books is unknown; but the prevailing opinion is that they were compiled by Ezra, or one of the later prophets, from the ancient documents that are so frequently referred to in the course of the history as of public and established authority. Their inspired character was acknowledged by the Jewish Church, which ranked them in the sacred canon; and, besides, it is attested by our Lord, who frequently quotes from them (compare I Kings 17:9; II Kings 5:14 with Luke 4:24-27; I Kings 10:1 with Matthew 12:42).

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