The lowest chamber was 2.25 metres wide, the middle was 2.7 metres wide, and the third was 3.15 metres wide. He also provided offset ledges for the temple all round the outside so that nothing would be inserted into the temple walls.
1 Kings 6:7 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised The temple’s construction used finished stones cut at the quarry so that no hammer, chisel, or any iron tool was heard in the temple while it was being built. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither: so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition When the house was being built, its stone was made ready at the quarry, and no hammer, ax, or tool of iron was heard in the house while it was in building. American Standard Version (1901) And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready at the quarry; and there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building. Common English Bible When the temple was built, they did all the stonecutting at the quarry. No hammers, axes, or any iron tools were heard in the temple during its construction. Catholic Public Domain Version Now the house, while it was being built, was made from cut and finished stones. And so, neither mallet, nor chisel, nor any tool of iron was heard in the house while it was being built. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the house, when it was in building, was built of stones hewed and made ready: so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house when it was in building. |
The lowest chamber was 2.25 metres wide, the middle was 2.7 metres wide, and the third was 3.15 metres wide. He also provided offset ledges for the temple all round the outside so that nothing would be inserted into the temple walls.
The door for the lowest side chamber was on the right side of the temple. They went up a stairway to the middle chamber, and from the middle to the third.
If you make a stone altar for me, do not build it out of cut stones. If you use your chisel on it, you will defile it.
Complete your outdoor work, and prepare your field; afterwards, build your house.
So the church throughout all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had peace and was strengthened. Living in the fear of the Lord and encouraged by the Holy Spirit, it increased in numbers.
And what if he did this to make known the riches of his glory on objects of mercy that he prepared beforehand for glory #– #
Now the one who prepared us for this very purpose is God, who gave us the Spirit as a down payment.
giving thanks to the Father, who has enabled you to share in the saints’ inheritance in the light.
you yourselves, as living stones, a spiritual house, are being built to be a holy priesthood to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.