Devine Scripture

1 Kings 6:5

1 Kings chapter 6 · verse 5 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And against the wall of the house he built stories round about, against the walls of the house round about, both of the temple and of the oracle; and he made side-chambers round about.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And against the wall of the house he built chambers round about, against the walls of the house round about, both of the temple and of the oracle: and he made chambers round about:

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And against the wall of the house he built stories round about, against the walls of the house round about, both of the temple and of the oracle; and he made side-chambers round about.

Context

v.4And for the house he made windows of fixed lattice-work.

v.5This passage

v.6The nethermost story was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad; for on the outside he made offsets in the wall of the house round about, that the beams should not have hold in the walls of the house.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 1 Chronicles 9:26

    for the four chief porters, who were Levites, were in an office of trust, and were over the chambers and over the treasuries in the house of God.

  • Psalms 28:2

    Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, When I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.

  • Jeremiah 35:4

    and I brought them into the house of Jehovah, into the chamber of the sons of Hanan the son of Igdaliah, the man of God, which was by the chamber of the princes, which was above the chamber of Maaseiah the son of Shallum, the keeper of the threshold.

  • Numbers 7:89

    And when Moses went into the tent of meeting to speak with him, then he heard the Voice speaking unto him from above the mercy-seat that was upon the ark of the testimony, from between the two cherubim: and he spake unto him.

  • Exodus 25:22

    And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy-seat, from between the two cherubim which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel.

  • 2 Chronicles 31:11

    Then Hezekiah commanded to prepare chambers in the house of Jehovah; and they prepared them;