Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And the side chambers were three, one over another, and thirty in order; and they entered into the wall which was of the house for the side chambers round about, that they might have hold, but they had not hold in the wall of the house.

And they

Have hold

General references

Bible References

And they

1 Kings 6:6
The lower structures were five cubits wide, the middle structures were six cubits wide and the third structures were seven cubits wide. Offsets were placed all around the Temple so that beams would not protrude through the walls of the Temple.

Have hold

1 Peter 1:5
Through faith you are being protected by God's power for a salvation that is ready to be revealed at the end of this era.

General references

Ezekiel 42:6
The three part structure had no columns, unlike the courts, which is why the upper chambers were offset from the ground upward, more so than the lower and middle chambers.

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