1 Kings 6 · Verse 5

1 Kings 6:5

And against the wall of the house he built chambers round about, against the walls of the house round about, both of the temple and of the oracle: and he made chambers round about:
1 Kings 6:5, King James Version

1 Kings 6:5 in other translations

BSBAgainst the walls of the temple and the inner sanctuary, Solomon built a chambered structure around the temple, in which he constructed the side rooms.
WEBAgainst the wall of the house, he built floors all around, against the walls of the house all around, both of the temple and of the inner sanctuary; and he made side rooms all around.
ASVAnd against the wall of the house he built stories round about, against the walls of the house round about, both of the temple and of the oracle; and he made side-chambers round about.
YLTAnd he buildeth against the wall of the house a couch round about, even the walls of the house round about, of the temple and of the oracle, and maketh sides round about.
DARBYAnd against the wall of the house he built floors round about, against the walls of the house, round about the temple and the oracle; and he made side-chambers round about.
BBEAnd against the walls all round, and against the walls of the Temple and of the inmost room, he put up wings, with side rooms all round:
WebsterAnd against the wall of the house he built chambers round about, against the walls of the house round about, both of the temple and of the oracle: and he made chambers round about:

What does 1 Kings 6:5 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
5. against the wall of the house he built chambers--On three sides, there were chambers in three stories, each story wider than the one beneath it, as the walls were narrowed or made thinner as they ascended, by a rebate being made, on which the beams of the side floor rested, without penetrating the wall. These chambers were approached from the right-hand side, in the interior of the under story, by a winding staircase of stone, which led to the middle and upper stories.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Kings 6:1-10

The temple is called the house of the Lord, because it was directed and modelled by him, and was to be employed in his service. This gave it the beauty of holiness, that it was the house of the Lord, which was far beyond all other beauties. It was to be the temple of the God of peace, therefore no iron tool must be heard; quietness and silence suit and help religious exercises. God's work should be done with much…

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1 Kings 6:5 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיִּבֶן֩vai.yi.Venand he builtH1129
עַל\־'al-onH5921
קִ֨ירkir[the] wall ofH7023
הַבַּ֤יִתha.Ba.yitthe houseH1004
יָצִ֙יעַ֙ya.tzo.a'an extensionH3326
סָבִ֔יבsa.Vivall aroundH5439
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
קִיר֤וֹתki.Rot[the] walls ofH7023
הַבַּ֙יִת֙ha.Ba.yitthe houseH1004
סָבִ֔יבsa.VivaroundH5439
לַֽהֵיכָ֖לla.hei.Khal<to> the templeH1964
וְלַדְּבִ֑ירve.la.de.Virand <to> the innermost roomH1687
וַיַּ֥עַשׂvai.Ya.'asand he madeH6213
צְלָע֖וֹתtze.la.'otside-chambersH6763
סָבִֽיב\׃sa.Vivall aroundH5439

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Cross references for 1 Kings 6:5

  • 1 Kings 6:16

    And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house, both the floor and the walls with boards of cedar: he even built them for it within, even for the oracle, even for the most holy place.

  • Psalms 28:2

    Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.

  • 1 Kings 6:19-21

    And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of the Lord. And the oracle in the forepart was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof: and he overlaid it with pure gold; and so covered the altar which was of cedar. So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold: and he made a partition by the chains of gold before the oracle; and he overlaid it with gold.

  • 1 Kings 6:31

    And for the entering of the oracle he made doors of olive tree: the lintel and side posts were a fifth part of the wall.

  • 2 Chronicles 5:9

    And they drew out the staves of the ark, that the ends of the staves were seen from the ark before the oracle; but they were not seen without. And there it is unto this day.

  • 2 Chronicles 5:7

    And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the Lord unto his place, to the oracle of the house, into the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubims:

  • 2 Chronicles 4:20

    Moreover the candlesticks with their lamps, that they should burn after the manner before the oracle, of pure gold;

  • Numbers 7:89

    And when Moses was gone into the tabernacle of the congregation to speak with him, then he heard the voice of one speaking unto him from off the mercy seat that was upon the ark of testimony, from between the two cherubims: and he spake unto him.

  • 2 Chronicles 31:11

    Then Hezekiah commanded to prepare chambers in the house of the Lord; and they prepared them,

  • Ezekiel 42:3-12

    Over against the twenty cubits which were for the inner court, and over against the pavement which was for the utter court, was gallery against gallery in three stories. And before the chambers was a walk of ten cubits breadth inward, a way of one cubit; and their doors toward the north. Now the upper chambers were shorter: for the galleries were higher than these, than the lower, and than the middlemost of the building. For they were in three stories, but had not pillars as the pillars of the courts: therefore the building was straitened more than the lowest and the middlemost from the ground. …

  • 1 Chronicles 23:28

    Because their office was to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the Lord, in the courts, and in the chambers, and in the purifying of all holy things, and the work of the service of the house of God;

  • Jeremiah 35:4

    And I brought them into the house of the Lord, into the chamber of the sons of Hanan, the son of Igdaliah, a man of God, which was by the chamber of the princes, which was above the chamber of Maaseiah the son of Shallum, the keeper of the door:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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
Jer 35:4; Eze 40:44; 41:5-11; 42:3-12
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.

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Context

  • 1 Kings 6:4

    And for the house he made windows of narrow lights.

  • 1 Kings 6:5

    And against the wall of the house he built chambers round about, against the walls of the house round about, both of the temple and of the oracle: and he made chambers round about:

  • 1 Kings 6:6

    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.

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1 Kings 6:5 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Edificó también junto al muro de la casa aposentos alrededor, contra las paredes de la casa en derredor del templo y del oráculo: é hizo cámaras alrededor.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et il bâtit, contre le mur de la maison, des étages à l’entour, contre les murs de la maison à l’entour du temple et de l’oracle; et il fit des chambres latérales à l’entour.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und er baute an die Wand des Hauses Stockwerke ringsum, an die Wände des Hauses ringsum, des Tempels und des Sprachortes; und er machte Seitenzimmer ringsum.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et ædificavit super parietem templi tabulata per gyrum, in parietibus domus per circuitum templi et oraculi, et fecit latera in circuitu.