He then built a chambered structure[a] along the temple wall, encircling the walls of the temple, that is, the sanctuary and the inner sanctuary.(A) And he made side chambers[b] all around.(B)

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  1. 1 Kings 6:5 Lit built the house of chamber
  2. 1 Kings 6:5 Lit made ribs or sides

Against the walls of the main hall and inner sanctuary he built a structure around the building, in which there were side rooms.(A)

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The door for the lowest[a] side chamber was on the right side of the temple. They[b] went up a stairway[c] to the middle chamber, and from the middle to the third.

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  1. 1 Kings 6:8 LXX, Tg; MT reads middle
  2. 1 Kings 6:8 = people
  3. 1 Kings 6:8 Hb obscure

The entrance to the lowest[a] floor was on the south side of the temple; a stairway led up to the middle level and from there to the third.

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  1. 1 Kings 6:8 Septuagint; Hebrew middle

26 but the four chief gatekeepers, who were Levites, were entrusted with the rooms and the treasuries of God’s temple.(A)

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26 But the four principal gatekeepers, who were Levites, were entrusted with the responsibility for the rooms and treasuries(A) in the house of God.

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33 The singers,(A) the heads of the Levite families, stayed in the temple chambers and were exempt from other tasks because they were on duty day and night.(B)

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33 Those who were musicians,(A) heads of Levite families, stayed in the rooms of the temple and were exempt from other duties because they were responsible for the work day and night.(B)

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