1 Kings 6:10

“And [then] he built chambers against all the house five cubits high, etc.] Which some understand of the same chambers in (<110605>1 Kings 6:5,6); here made mention of again for the sake of giving the height of them, not before given; but they were built against, or upon the wall of the house, these against, or rather upon the whole house itself; and are the chambers referred to, (see Gill on “<110602>1 Kings 6:2”); which consisting of three stories of ninety cubits, raised the whole house to an equal height with the porch, (<140304>2 Chronicles 3:4); as is there intended f98; these are the upper chambers in (<140309>2 Chronicles 3:9); and they rested on the house [with] timber of cedar; or…”

“chambers . . . five cubits high--The height of the whole three stories was therefore about fifteen cubits. they rested on the house with timber of cedar--that is, because the beams of the side stones rested on the ledges of the temple wall. The wing was attached to the house; it was connected with the temple, without, however, interfering injuriously with the sanctuary [KEIL].”

“Built chambers - The Hebrew words may be properly rendered, He built a roof, a flat and plain roof, over all the house, according to the manner of the Israelitish buildings. The inner roof was arched, Kg1 6:9, that it might be the more beautiful, but the outward roof was flat. Five cubits - Above the walls of the temple: that it might be a little higher than the arched roof, which it was designed to cover and secure. They rested - Heb. it rested, namely, the roof. Timber of cedar - Which rested upon the top of the wall, as the chambers, Kg1 6:5, rested upon the sides of the wall. 3 Kings (1 Kings) 6:12”