Commentaries:Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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1 Kings 6:10
chambers . . . five cubits high—The height of the whole three stories was therefore about fifteen cubits.
they rested on the house with timber of cedar—that is, because the beams of the side stones rested on the ledges of the temple wall. The wing was attached to the house; it was connected with the temple, without, however, interfering injuriously with the sanctuary [KEIL].
1 Kings 6:9-10
built the house—The temple is here distinguished from the wings or chambers attached to it—and its roofing was of cedar-wood.
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