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 bottom floor of the extension was seven and a half feet wide, the middle floor nine feet wide, and the third floor ten and a half feet wide. He made ledges on the temple’s outer walls so the beams would not have to be inserted into the walls. 7As the temple was being built, only stones shaped at the quarry were used; the sound of hammers, pickaxes, or any other iron tool was not heard at the temple while it was being built. The entrance to the bottom level of side rooms was on the south side of the temple; stairs went up to the middle floor and then on up to the third floor. 9He finished building the temple and covered it with rafters and boards made of cedar. 10He built an extension all around the temple; it was seven and a half feet high and it was attached to the temple by cedar beams.

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 chambers were in three stories, one above the other, thirty in each story. There were offsets in the wall all around to serve as supports for the side chambers, so that the supports were not in the wall of the temple.

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