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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 inner sanctuary: and he made chambers round about:
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George Leo Haydock

AD 1849
Upon the wall. That is, joining to the wall. He built floors round about. Chambers or cells adjoining to the temple, for the use of the temple and of the priests, so contrived as to be between the inward and outward wall of the temple, in three stories, one above another. The oracle. The inner temple or holy of holies, where God gave his oracles. (Challoner) Sides. Protestants, "he made chambers round about. "(Haydock) Some think that buttresses were used, to strengthen the building. Septuagint, "ribs "(Menochius) or sides. But there seem rather to have been three off-sets; so that the wall kept decreasing in breadth, as it grew higher, (Haydock) every ten cubits, (Ezechiel xli. 6.; Menochius) and thus the upper chamber was two cubits broader than the lowest. The beams might thus rest upon the walls, and be easily changed. (Haydock)

Richard Challoner

AD 1781
The oracle: The inner temple or holy of holies, where God gave his oracles.

Richard Challoner

AD 1781
He built floors round about: Chambers or cells adjoining to the temple, for the use of the temple and of the priests, so contrived as to be between the inward and outward wall of the temple, in three stories, one above another.-- Ibid.

Richard Challoner

AD 1781
Upon the wall: i. e. joining to the wall.-- Ibid.

Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation - 2 Peter 1:20

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