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 chamber was 7½ feet wide, the middle was 9 feet wide, and the third was 10½ feet wide. He also provided offset ledges for the temple all around the outside so that nothing would be inserted into the temple walls. 7The temple’s construction used finished stones cut at the quarry so that no hammer, chisel, or any iron tool was heard in the temple while it was being built. The door for the lowest side chamber was on the right side of the temple. They went up a stairway to the middle chamber, and from the middle to the third. 9When he finished building the temple, he paneled it with boards and planks of cedar. 10He built the chambers along the entire temple, joined to the temple with cedar beams; each story was 7½ feet high.

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 rooms were arranged one above another in three stories of thirty rooms each. There were ledges on the wall of the temple all around to serve as supports for the side rooms, so that the supports would not be in the temple wall 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