1 Kings 6:5-6

51Against the wall of the house he built stories encompassing the walls of the house around both the nave and the 2inner sanctuary; thus he made 3side chambers all around. 6The lowest story was five cubits wide, and the middle was six cubits wide, and the third was seven cubits wide; for on the outside he 4made offsets in the wall of the house all around in order that the beams would not 5be inserted in the walls of the house.