Against the wall of the house, he built floors all around, against the walls of the house all around, both of the temple and of the inner sanctuary; and he made side rooms all around.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 5. Upon the wall. That is, joining to the wall.—He built floors round about. Chambers or cells adjoining to the temple, for the use of the temple and of the priests, so contrived as to be between the inward and outward wall of the temple, in three stories, one above another.—The oracle. The inner temple or holy of holies, where God gave his oracles. Challoner.—Sides. Prot. “he made chambers round about.” Bible.—Some think that buttresses were used, to strengthen the building. Septuagint “ribs,” ( Menochius.) sides. But there seem rather to have been three off-sets; so that the wall kept decreasing in breadth, as it grew higher, ( Bible.) every ten cubits, (Ezekiel 41:6. Menochius.) and thus the upper chamber was two cubits broader than the lowest. The beams might thus rest upon the walls, and be easily changed. Bible.