The workers used large stones to build the walls. The workers cut the stones at the place where they got them out of the ground. So there was no noise of hammers, axes, or any other iron tools in the temple.
1 Kings 6:8 - Easy To Read Version The entrance to the bottom rooms was on the south side of the temple. Inside, there were stairs that went up to the second floor rooms and from there to the third floor rooms. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The entrance to the lowest side chamber was on the right [or south] side of the house; and one went up winding stairs into the middle chamber and from the middle into the third. American Standard Version (1901) The door for the middle side-chambers was in the right side of the house: and they went up by winding stairs into the middle story, and out of the middle into the third. Common English Bible The door to the stairs was at the south side of the temple. Winding stairs went up to the second floor and from there to the third floor. Catholic Public Domain Version The door at the side of the middle section was to the right of the house. And they would ascend along winding stairs to the middle level, and from the middle level to the third level. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The door for the middle side was on the right hand of the house: and by winding stairs they went up to the middle room, and from the middle to the third. |
The workers used large stones to build the walls. The workers cut the stones at the place where they got them out of the ground. So there was no noise of hammers, axes, or any other iron tools in the temple.
So, Solomon finished building the temple. Every part in the temple was covered with cedar boards.
Then Hezekiah commanded the priests to make storerooms ready in the Lord’s temple. {\cf2\super [386]} So this was done.
“Jeremiah, go to the Recabite family. {\cf2\super [289]} Invite them to come to one of the side rooms of the temple {\cf2\super [290]} of the Lord. Offer them wine to drink.”