1 Kings 6:5-6

51Against the wall of the house he built stories encompassing the walls of the house around both the main room and the 23inner sanctuary; so he made 4side chambers all around. 6The lowest story was 5five cubits wide, the middle was six cubits wide, and the third was seven cubits wide; for on the outside he 6made offsets in the wall of the house all around so that the beams would not 7be inserted into the walls of the house.