“Go to the house of the (A)Rechabites and speak with them and bring them to the house of the Lord, into one of (B)the chambers; then offer them wine to drink.”

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“Go to the Rekabite(A) family and invite them to come to one of the side rooms(B) of the house of the Lord and give them wine to drink.”

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(A)He also built a structure[a] against the wall of the house, running around the walls of the house, both the nave and (B)the inner sanctuary. And he made (C)side chambers all around. The lowest story[b] was five cubits broad, the middle one was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad. For around the outside of the house he made offsets on the wall in order that the supporting beams should not be inserted into the walls of the house.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 6:5 Or platform; also verse 10
  2. 1 Kings 6:6 Septuagint; Hebrew structure, or platform

Against the walls of the main hall and inner sanctuary he built a structure around the building, in which there were side rooms.(A) The lowest floor was five cubits[a] wide, the middle floor six cubits[b] and the third floor seven.[c] He made offset ledges around the outside of the temple so that nothing would be inserted into the temple walls.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 6:6 That is, about 7 1/2 feet or about 2.3 meters; also in verses 10 and 24
  2. 1 Kings 6:6 That is, about 9 feet or about 2.7 meters
  3. 1 Kings 6:6 That is, about 11 feet or about 3.2 meters

26 for the four chief gatekeepers, who were Levites, were entrusted to be over (A)the chambers and the treasures of the house of God.

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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 Now these, the (A)singers, the heads of fathers' houses of the Levites, were in the chambers of the temple free from other service, for they were on duty day and night.

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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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