1 Kings 6:8

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

The entrance to the bottom storage rooms was on the south side of the building, and stairs to the other rooms were also there.

Cross References

1 Kings 6:7

Solomon did not want the noise of hammers and axes to be heard at the place where the temple was being built. So he made the workers shape the blocks of stone at the quarry.

1 Kings 6:9

The roof of the temple was made out of beams and cedar boards. The workers finished building the outside of the temple.

2 Chronicles 31:11

So the king gave orders for storerooms to be built in the temple, and when they were completed,

Jeremiah 35:2

“Go to the Rechabite clan and invite them to meet you in one of the side rooms of the temple. When they arrive, offer them a drink of wine.”

Ezekiel 42:6

The rooms on the bottom level supported those on the two upper levels, and so these rooms did not have columns like other buildings in the courtyard.