Ezekiel 41:6

“And the side chambers were three, one over another, and thirty in order, &c.] There were three stories of them, and thirty in every storey, in all ninety; there were such chambers round about Solomon’s temple, and so many stories of them, though their number is not expressed, (<110605>1 Kings 6:5,6), but Josephusf716 says they were thirty, and one above another, three stories of them, as here. Some think twelve were on the north side, twelve on the south, and six on the west; or fifteen on the north, and fifteen on the south. The Misnic doctorsf717 say there were thirty eight in the second temple, fifteen on the north side, fifteen on the south, and eight on the west. The Targum is, “the…”

“might . . . hold, but . . . not hold in . . . wall of the house-- Kg1 6:6 tells us there were rests made in the walls of the temple for supports to the side chambers; but the temple walls did not thereby become part of this side building; they stood separate from it. "They entered," namely, the beams of the chambers, which were three-storied and thirty in consecutive order, entered into the wall, that is, were made to lean on rests projecting from the wall.”

“Three, one over another, and thirty in order - i. e., there were three stories, and each story was divided into thirty chambers. The wall which was of the house for the side chambers - Not the wall of the temple but another wall Ezekiel 41:9 parallel to it, which might be said to be “of the house,” i. e., belonging to it. The side-chambers of Solomon’s Temple were built against the temple-wall, but in Ezekiel’s vision the desire to keep the temple still more separate and holy led to a fresh arrangement, namely, that another wall should be built at such a distance from the temple-wall as to allow of chambers being built against it, facing the temple-wall, and opening into a passage or…”

“They might - That the beams of the chambers might have good and firm resting - hold. Had not hold - The ends of the beams were not thrust into the main body of the wall of the temple. Ezekiel 41:7”

“one over another: Heb. side chamber over side chamber, thirty in order. or, three and thirty times, or feet. We find by Josephus, that around Solomon's temple were chambers three stories high, each story consisting of thirty chambers; which are supposed to have been on the north, south, and east sides of the temple. and they: Kg1 6:6, Kg1 6:10 have hold: Heb. be holden, Pe1 1:5 but: That is, the beams or supporters, of the chambers were not let into the main wall of the temple; but rested on projections of the outer wall, which became a cubit narrower at every story, leaving a ledge of one cubit, to support the beams. Ezekiel 41:7”