Berean Standard Bible

1 Kings 6:6

6The bottom floor was five cubits wide,1 the middle floor six cubits,2 and the third floor seven cubits.3 He also placed offset ledges around the outside of the temple, so that nothing would be inserted into its walls.

1 Kings 6:6 in other versions

King James Version (KJV)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.
New International Version (NIV)The lowest floor was five cubits wide, the middle floor six cubits and the third floor seven. He made offset ledges around the outside of the temple so that nothing would be inserted into the temple walls.
English Standard Version (ESV)The lowest story was five cubits broad, the middle one was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad. For around the outside of the house he made offsets on the wall in order that the supporting beams should not be inserted into the walls of the house.
New King James Version (NKJV)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 the temple.

Context of 1 Kings 6:6

4He also had narrow windows framed high in the temple. 5Against the walls of the temple and the inner sanctuary, Solomon built a chambered structure around the temple, in which he constructed the side rooms. The bottom floor was five cubits wide, the middle floor six cubits, and the third floor seven cubits. He also placed offset ledges around the outside of the temple, so that nothing would be inserted into its walls. 7The temple was constructed using finished stones cut at the quarry, so that no hammer or chisel or any other iron tool was heard in the temple while it was being built. 8The entrance to the bottom floor was on the south side of the temple. A stairway led up to the middle level, and from there to the third floor.

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1 Kings 6:6 word by word

הַיָּצִ֨יעַ הַתַּחְתֹּנָ֜ה חָמֵ֧שׁ בָּאַמָּ֣ה רָחְבָּ֗הּ וְהַתִּֽיכֹנָה֙ שֵׁ֤שׁ בָּֽאַמָּה֙ רָחְבָּ֔הּ וְהַ֨שְּׁלִישִׁ֔ית שֶׁ֥בַע בָּאַמָּ֖ה רָחְבָּ֑הּ כִּ֡י מִגְרָעוֹת֩ נָתַ֨ן לַבַּ֤יִת סָבִיב֙ ח֔וּצָה לְבִלְתִּ֖י אֲחֹ֥ז בְּקִֽירוֹת־הַבָּֽיִת׃Read the interlinear

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Notes

1. 1 Kings 6:6 5 cubits is approximately 7.5 feet or 2.3 meters; also in verses 10 and 24. ↩
2. 1 Kings 6:6 6 cubits is approximately 9 feet or 2.7 meters. ↩
3. 1 Kings 6:6 7 cubits is approximately 10.5 feet or 3.2 meters. ↩