1 Kings 6:10 - Printer Friendly

ESV: He built the structure against the whole house, five cubits high, and it was joined to the house with timbers of cedar.

NIV: And he built the side rooms all along the temple. The height of each was five cubits, and they were attached to the temple by beams of cedar.

NASB: He also built the stories against the whole house, each five cubits high; and they were attached to the house with timbers of cedar.

CSB: He built the chambers along the entire temple, joined to the temple with cedar beams; each story was 7½ feet high.

NLT: As already stated, he built a complex of rooms along the sides of the building, attached to the Temple walls by cedar timbers. Each story of the complex was 7 1/2 feet high.

KJV: And then he built chambers against all the house, five cubits high: and they rested on the house with timber of cedar.

NKJV: And he built side chambers against the entire temple, each five cubits high; they were attached to the temple with cedar beams.

This was originally the first half of a combined text. First Kings records the end of David's reign and the rule of Solomon. After this, the kingdom is split in two. The northern nation of Israel no longer submits to the king of the southern nation, called Judah. The prophet Elijah first appears in this book. The kings mostly fail to honor the Lord. They participate in idolatry and other sins. This will eventually result in their conquest and exile, as depicted throughout the books of Chronicles.

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