1 Kings 6:8

1 Kings 6:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The door for the middle chamber was in the right side of the house: and they went up with winding stairs into the middle chamber, and out of the middle into the third.
• New International Version (NIV)The entrance to the lowest floor was on the south side of the temple; a stairway led up to the middle level and from there to the third.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The entrance for the lowest story was on the south side of the house, and one went up by stairs to the middle story, and from the middle story to the third.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The doorway for the 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.

Context of 1 Kings 6:8

6The lowest story was five cubits wide, the middle was six cubits wide, and the third was seven cubits wide; for he made offsets (niches) in the walls all around on the outside of the house so that the supporting beams would not be inserted into the walls of the house. 7While it was being built, the house was built of stone prepared and finished (precut) at the quarry, and no hammer, axe, or iron tool of any kind was heard in the house while it was under construction. The entrance to the lowest side chamber was on the right [or south] side of the house; and they would go up winding stairs to the middle [level], and from the middle to the third. 9So Solomon built the house (temple) and finished it, and roofed the house with beams and boards of cedar. 10Then he built the extensions [of rooms] against the entire house, each [story] five cubits high; and they were attached to the house with timbers of cedar.

1 Kings 6:8 word by word

פֶּ֗תַח הַצֵּלָע֙ הַתִּ֣יכֹנָ֔ה אֶל־כֶּ֥תֶף הַבַּ֖יִת הַיְמָנִ֑ית וּבְלוּלִּ֗ים יַֽעֲלוּ֙ עַל־הַתִּ֣יכֹנָ֔ה וּמִן־הַתִּֽיכֹנָ֖ה אֶל־הַשְּׁלִשִֽׁים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The doorפֶּ֫תַחpethach · entranceH6607
• for the middleתִּיכוֹןtîykôn tîykôn · middleH8484
• chamberצֵלָעtsêlâ‛ tsal‛âh · sideH6763
• in the rightיְמָנִיyemânîy · right: southH3233
• sideכָּתֵףkâthêph · shoulderH3802
• of the houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• and they went upעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
• with winding stairsלוּלlûl · stairsH3883
• into the thirdשְׁלִישִׁיshelîyshîy · thirdH7992

Cross-references for 1 Kings 6:8

• Ezekiel 41:6The side chambers were three stories [high], one above another, and thirty chambers in each story; and the side chambers extended to the wall which stood on their inward side all around, so that they would be attached, but not attached to the wall of the temple itself.

Commentaries on 1 Kings 6:8

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8The door for the middle chamber - i. e., the door which gave access to the mid-most “set of chambers.” The chambers on the ground-floor were possibly reached each by their own door in the outer wall of the lean-to. The middle and upper floors were reached by a single door in the right or south wall, from which a winding staircase ascended to the second tier, while another ascended from the second to the third. The door to the stairs was in the outer wall…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-38The construction of the Temple and palace complex, along with the temple's dedication celebration, are key events in the 1 Kings account of Solomon's time. The temple, built to honor God, was Israel's most important building. Therefore, the writer of 1 Kings documented its construction details thoroughly.Read the comment

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Commentaries on 1 Kings 6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings