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John Gill's Exposition on 1 Kings 6:10
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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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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 on the timber of cedar, the beams of cedar, with which the house was covered, as in (<110609>1 Kings 6:9); on these the chambers rested, being built upon them; and in one of these chambers the disciples might be after Christ’s ascension, (<440113>Acts 1:13).
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