English Standard Version
1 Kings 6:8
8The 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.
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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)The entrance to the bottom floor was on the south side of the Temple. There were winding stairs going up to the second floor, and another flight of stairs between the second and third floors.
Context of 1 Kings 6:8
6The 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. 7When the house was built, it was with stone prepared at the quarry, so that neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron was heard in the house while it was being built. 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. 9So he built the house and finished it, and he made the ceiling of the house of beams and planks of cedar. 10He built the structure against the whole house, five cubits high, and it was joined to the house with timbers of cedar.
Read all of 1 Kings 61 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
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
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