1 Kings 6:5

“And against the wall of the house he built chambers round about, etc.] Or near it, as Jarchi interprets it, for the beams of them were not fastened in in it, (<110606>1 Kings 6:6); or rather “upon” it f91; and when they are said to be round about the house, it must be understood of the two sides, north and south, and of the west end only, for at the east end, where the porch was, there were none: [against] the walls of the house round about, [both] of the temple and of the oracle; that is, both of the holy and the most holy place: and he made chambers round about; the said buildings; which is repeated that it might be observed; how many chambers there were, is not said; Josephus says f92…”

“THE CHAMBERS THEREOF. (Kg1 6:5-10) against the wall of the house he built chambers--On three sides, there were chambers in three stories, each story wider than the one beneath it, as the walls were narrowed or made thinner as they ascended, by a rebate being made, on which the beams of the side floor rested, without penetrating the wall. These chambers were approached from the right-hand side, in the interior of the under story, by a winding staircase of stone, which led to the middle and upper stories.”

“Chambers - (Margin, floors). Rather, a lean-to, which completely surrounded three sides of the building, the north, the west, and the south. return to 'Top of Page'”

“Against the wall - The beams of the chambers were not fastened into the wall, but leaned upon the buttresses of the wall. Chambers - For the laying the priests garments, and other utensils belonging to the temple, therein. Round about - On all the sides except the east, where the porch was; and except some very small passages for the light. And yet these lights might be in the five uppermost cubits of the wall, which were above all these chambers, for these were only fifteen cubits high, and the wall was twenty cubits high. Chambers - Galleries which encompassed all the chambers; and which were necessary for passage to them. 3 Kings (1 Kings) 6:6”

“against: or, upon, or joining to built: Ch1 9:26, Ch1 23:28, Ch1 28:11; Ch2 31:11; Neh 10:37, Neh 12:44, Neh 13:5-9; Sol 1:4; Jer 35:4; Eze 40:44, Eze 41:5-11, Eze 42:3-12 chambers: Heb. floors, These appear to have been what we should now call corridors or galleries; in which were apartments for the use of the priests. They consisted of three stories, and increased one cubit in breadth in every story, the wall of the temple being two cubits thicker at the bottom than at the top; and where the wall diminished, a rest was thus formed for the beams of the chambers to lodge upon. oracle: Kg1 6:16, Kg1 6:19-21, Kg1 6:31; Exo 25:22; Lev 16:2; Num 7:89; Ch2 4:20, Ch2 5:7, Ch2 5:9; Psa 28:2…”