1 Kings 6:6

God's Word

The ⌞interior of⌟ the lowest story of the annex was 7½ feet wide, the second story was 9 feet wide, and the third story was 10½ feet wide. Solomon made ledges all around the temple so that this annex would not be fastened to the walls of the temple.

Cross References

1 Kings 6:5

He built an annex containing side rooms all around the temple. This annex was next to the walls of the main building and the inner sanctuary.

1 Kings 6:7

The temple was built with stone blocks that were finished at the quarry. No hammer, chisel, or any other iron tool made a sound at the temple construction site.

2 Chronicles 3:1

Solomon began to build the Lord’s temple in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the Lord appeared to his father David. There David had prepared the site on the threshing floor  of Ornan the Jebusite.

Ezekiel 41:6

The rooms were arranged on three different stories. There were 30 rooms on each story. These rooms had supports all the way around the temple wall, but these supports were not fastened to the temple wall.