1 Kings 6:5

KJV1611 – Modern English

And against the wall of the house he built chambers all around, against the walls of the house all around, both of the temple and of the oracle; and he made chambers all around.

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Other Translations

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    He built a structure against the wall of the house, enclosing the walls of the house around the main hall and the inner sanctuary, and he made side chambers all around.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    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:

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And against the wall{H7023} of the house{H1004} he built{H1129} stories{H3326} round about,{H5439} against the walls{H7023} of the house{H1004} round about,{H5439} both of the temple{H1964} and of the oracle;{H1687} and he made{H6213} side-chambers{H6763} round about.{H5439}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And against the wall{H7023} of the house{H1004} he built{H1129}{(H8799)} chambers{H3326}{(H8675)}{H3326} round about{H5439}, against the walls{H7023} of the house{H1004} round about{H5439}, both of the temple{H1964} and of the oracle{H1687}: and he made{H6213}{(H8799)} chambers{H6763} round about{H5439}:

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And rounde aboute by the wall of ye house he buylded a compase, so yt it wente both aboute the temple and the quere, and made his outwarde wall roude aboute.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And by the wall of the house hee made galleries round about, euen by the walles of the house round about the Temple and the oracle, and made chambers round about.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And by the wall of the house he made chambers round about euen in the walles of the house round about the temple & the quier: and he made chambers round about.

  • Authorized 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:

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    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.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And he buildeth against the wall of the house a couch round about, `even' the walls of the house round about, of the temple and of the oracle, and maketh sides round about.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And against the walls all round, and against the walls of the Temple and of the inmost room, he put up wings, with side rooms all round:

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Against the wall of the house he built stories all around, against the walls of the house all around, both of the temple and of the oracle; and he made side rooms all around.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    He built an extension all around the walls of the temple’s main hall and holy place and constructed side rooms in it.

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 6:16 : 16 And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house, both the floor and the walls with cedar boards; he even built it inside for the oracle, for the most holy place.
  • 1 Kgs 6:19-21 : 19 And the oracle he prepared in the house inside, to set there the ark of the covenant of the LORD. 20 And the oracle in the front was twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and twenty cubits high; and he overlaid it with pure gold, and he covered the altar with cedar. 21 So Solomon overlaid the house inside with pure gold, and he made a partition by the chains of gold before the oracle, and he overlaid it with gold.
  • 1 Kgs 6:31 : 31 And for the entrance of the oracle he made doors of olive wood; the lintel and door posts made up a fifth part of the wall.
  • 2 Chr 4:20 : 20 The lampstands with their lamps of pure gold, to burn according to the prescribed manner before the inner sanctuary;
  • 2 Chr 5:7 : 7 And the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the LORD to its place, into the oracle of the house, into the most holy place, under the wings of the cherubim.
  • 2 Chr 5:9 : 9 They drew out the poles of the ark so that the ends of the poles were seen from the ark before the oracle, but they were not seen outside. And there it is to this day.
  • Ps 28:2 : 2 Hear the voice of my supplications when I cry to you, when I lift up my hands toward your holy sanctuary.
  • Song 1:4 : 4 Draw me, we will run after you; the king has brought me into his chambers. We will be glad and rejoice in you, we will remember your love more than wine; the upright love you.
  • Jer 35:4 : 4 And I brought them into the house of the LORD, into the chamber of the sons of Hanan, the son of Igdaliah, a man of God, which was by the chamber of the leaders, which was above the chamber of Maaseiah the son of Shallum, the keeper of the door:
  • Ezek 40:44 : 44 Outside the inner gate were the chambers for the singers in the inner court, one facing south at the side of the north gate, and another facing north at the side of the east gate.
  • Ezek 41:5-9 : 5 After, he measured the wall of the house, six cubits; and the width of every side chamber, four cubits, all around the house on every side. 6 And the side chambers were three, one above another, and thirty in order; and they entered into the wall of the house for the side chambers all around, that they might have hold, but they did not hold in the wall of the house. 7 And there was an enlarging, and a winding staircase still upward to the side chambers; for the winding staircase of the house went still upward all around the house: therefore the width of the house was still upward, and increased from the lowest chamber to the highest by the middle section. 8 I also saw the height of the house all around: the foundations of the side chambers were a full reed of six great cubits. 9 The thickness of the wall, which was for the side chamber outside, was five cubits: and the space that was left was the place of the side chambers that were within. 10 And between the chambers was a width of twenty cubits all around the house on every side. 11 And the doors of the side chambers faced the space that was left, one door toward the north and another door toward the south: and the width of the space that was left was five cubits all around.
  • Ezek 42:3-9 : 3 Opposite the twenty cubits which were for the inner court, and opposite the pavement for the outer court, was gallery against gallery in three stories. 4 And before the chambers there was a walk of ten cubits wide inward, a pathway of one cubit; and their doors faced north. 5 Now the upper chambers were shorter: because the galleries were higher than these, than the lower, and than the middle of the building. 6 For they were in three stories, but did not have pillars like the pillars of the courts: therefore the building was constrained more than the lowest and the middle from the ground. 7 And the wall that was outside opposite the chambers, toward the outer court on the front of the chambers, the length of it was fifty cubits. 8 For the length of the chambers that were in the outer court was fifty cubits: and behold, in front of the temple were one hundred cubits. 9 And from under these chambers was the entrance on the east side, as one goes into them from the outer court. 10 The chambers were in the thickness of the wall of the court toward the east, opposite the separate area, and opposite the building. 11 And the way before them was like the appearance of the chambers which were toward the north, as long as they, and as wide as they: and all their exits were both according to their fashions, and according to their doors. 12 And according to the doors of the chambers that were toward the south was a door at the head of the way, even the way directly before the wall toward the east, as one enters into them.
  • Exod 25:22 : 22 There I will meet with you, and I will speak with you from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim which are on the ark of the testimony, of everything which I will give you in commandment to the children of Israel.
  • Lev 16:2 : 2 And the LORD said to Moses, Speak to Aaron your brother, that he come not at all times into the holy place within the veil before the mercy seat, which is on the ark; that he not die: for I will appear in the cloud upon the mercy seat.
  • Num 7:89 : 89 And when Moses went into the tabernacle of the congregation to speak with Him, then he heard the voice of One speaking to him from the mercy seat that was upon the ark of testimony, from between the two cherubim: and He spoke to him.
  • 2 Chr 31:11 : 11 Then Hezekiah commanded to prepare chambers in the house of the LORD, and they prepared them,
  • Neh 10:37 : 37 And that we should bring the firstfruits of our dough, and our offerings, and the fruit of all kinds of trees, of wine and of oil, to the priests, to the chambers of the house of our God; and the tithes of our ground to the Levites, that the same Levites might have the tithes in all the cities of our tillage.
  • Neh 12:44 : 44 At that time some were appointed over the chambers for the treasures, for the offerings, for the firstfruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them out of the fields of the cities the portions required by the Law for the priests and Levites; for Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites who ministered.
  • Neh 13:5-9 : 5 and he had prepared for him a large room, where previously they had stored the grain offerings, the frankincense, the vessels, and the tithes of grain, new wine, and oil, which were commanded to be given to the Levites, the singers, and the gatekeepers, as well as the offerings for the priests. 6 But all this time I was not in Jerusalem, for in the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon, I had come to the king. After some time, I obtained leave from the king, 7 and I came to Jerusalem and discovered the evil that Eliashib had done for Tobiah by preparing a room for him in the courts of the house of God. 8 This upset me very much; so I threw all of Tobiah’s household goods out of the room. 9 Then I gave orders, and they cleansed the rooms; and I brought back into them the vessels of the house of God, along with the grain offerings and the frankincense.
  • 1 Chr 9:26 : 26 For these Levites, the four chief gatekeepers, had been appointed over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God.
  • 1 Chr 23:28 : 28 Because their duty was to assist the sons of Aaron in the service of the house of the LORD, in the courts, and in the chambers, and in the purification of all holy things, and in the work of the service of the house of God;
  • 1 Chr 28:11 : 11 Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch, and of the buildings thereof, and of the treasuries thereof, and of the upper chambers thereof, and of the inner rooms thereof, and of the place of the mercy seat,

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • 1 Kgs 6:6
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    6 The lowest chamber was five cubits wide, the middle six cubits wide, and the third seven cubits wide; for he made narrowed rests all around outside of the house, so the beams would not be fastened into the walls of the house.

  • 1 Kgs 6:15-21
    7 verses
    85%

    15 And he built the walls of the house inside with cedar boards, from the floor of the house to the walls of the ceiling; he covered them on the inside with wood and covered the floor of the house with planks of fir.

    16 And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house, both the floor and the walls with cedar boards; he even built it inside for the oracle, for the most holy place.

    17 And the house, that is, the temple in front, was forty cubits long.

    18 And the cedar inside the house was carved with gourds and open flowers; all was cedar, there was no stone seen.

    19 And the oracle he prepared in the house inside, to set there the ark of the covenant of the LORD.

    20 And the oracle in the front was twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and twenty cubits high; and he overlaid it with pure gold, and he covered the altar with cedar.

    21 So Solomon overlaid the house inside with pure gold, and he made a partition by the chains of gold before the oracle, and he overlaid it with gold.

  • Ezek 41:5-12
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    84%

    5 After, he measured the wall of the house, six cubits; and the width of every side chamber, four cubits, all around the house on every side.

    6 And the side chambers were three, one above another, and thirty in order; and they entered into the wall of the house for the side chambers all around, that they might have hold, but they did not hold in the wall of the house.

    7 And there was an enlarging, and a winding staircase still upward to the side chambers; for the winding staircase of the house went still upward all around the house: therefore the width of the house was still upward, and increased from the lowest chamber to the highest by the middle section.

    8 I also saw the height of the house all around: the foundations of the side chambers were a full reed of six great cubits.

    9 The thickness of the wall, which was for the side chamber outside, was five cubits: and the space that was left was the place of the side chambers that were within.

    10 And between the chambers was a width of twenty cubits all around the house on every side.

    11 And the doors of the side chambers faced the space that was left, one door toward the north and another door toward the south: and the width of the space that was left was five cubits all around.

    12 Now the building that faced the separate place at the end toward the west was seventy cubits wide; and the wall of the building was five cubits thick all around, and its length ninety cubits.

  • 1 Kgs 6:2-4
    3 verses
    84%

    2 And the house which King Solomon built for the LORD, its length was sixty cubits, and its width twenty cubits, and its height thirty cubits.

    3 And the porch in front of the temple of the house was twenty cubits long, according to the width of the house, and ten cubits wide in front of the house.

    4 And for the house he made windows with narrow lights.

  • 1 Kgs 6:8-10
    3 verses
    84%

    8 The door for the middle chamber was on the right side of the house; and they went up with winding stairs into the middle chamber, and from the middle into the third.

    9 So he built the house and finished it, and covered the house with beams and boards of cedar.

    10 And then he built chambers against all the house, five cubits high, and they were supported by cedar timbers.

  • 1 Kgs 6:36
    80%

    36 And he built the inner court with three rows of hewn stone and a row of cedar beams.

  • Ezek 41:15-17
    3 verses
    79%

    15 And he measured the length of the building opposite the separate place that was behind it, along with its galleries on the one side and on the other side, one hundred cubits, with the inner temple and the porches of the court;

    16 The doorposts, and the narrow windows, and the galleries around their three stories, opposite the door, paneled with wood all around, and from the ground up to the windows, and the windows were covered;

    17 To that above the door, even to the inner house, and outside, and by all the wall all around inside and outside, by measure.

  • 1 Kgs 6:29-31
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    79%

    29 And he carved all the walls of the house around with carved figures of cherubim and palm trees and open flowers, inside and outside.

    30 And the floor of the house he overlaid with gold, inside and outside.

    31 And for the entrance of the oracle he made doors of olive wood; the lintel and door posts made up a fifth part of the wall.

  • Ezek 42:5-8
    4 verses
    79%

    5 Now the upper chambers were shorter: because the galleries were higher than these, than the lower, and than the middle of the building.

    6 For they were in three stories, but did not have pillars like the pillars of the courts: therefore the building was constrained more than the lowest and the middle from the ground.

    7 And the wall that was outside opposite the chambers, toward the outer court on the front of the chambers, the length of it was fifty cubits.

    8 For the length of the chambers that were in the outer court was fifty cubits: and behold, in front of the temple were one hundred cubits.

  • Ezek 42:10
    79%

    10 The chambers were in the thickness of the wall of the court toward the east, opposite the separate area, and opposite the building.

  • 1 Kgs 7:5-6
    2 verses
    77%

    5 And all the doors and posts were square, with the windows; and light was opposite light in three ranks.

    6 And he made a porch of pillars; its length was fifty cubits, and its width thirty cubits. The porch was in front of them, and the other pillars and the thick beam were in front of them.

  • Ezek 40:36
    76%

    36 Also its gate chambers, its posts, and its arches; it had windows all around, its length was fifty cubits and its width twenty-five cubits.

  • Ezek 40:12
    76%

    12 There was a barrier before the gate chambers, one cubit on this side and one cubit on that side; the chambers were six cubits on this side and six cubits on that side.

  • Ezek 42:3
    76%

    3 Opposite the twenty cubits which were for the inner court, and opposite the pavement for the outer court, was gallery against gallery in three stories.

  • 2 Chr 3:7-8
    2 verses
    76%

    7 He also overlaid the house, the beams, the posts, the walls, and the doors, with gold; and engraved cherubim on the walls.

    8 And he made the most holy house, the length of which was according to the width of the house, twenty cubits, and the width was twenty cubits: and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents.

  • Ezek 40:29-30
    2 verses
    75%

    29 Its gate chambers, its posts, and its arches were according to these same measurements; and there were windows in it and in its arches all around; it was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.

    30 The arches all around were twenty-five cubits long and five cubits wide.

  • 2 Chr 3:3-5
    3 verses
    75%

    3 Now these are the things wherein Solomon was instructed for the building of the house of God. The length by cubits according to the first measure was sixty cubits, and the width twenty cubits.

    4 And the porch that was in the front of the house, the length of it was according to the width of the house, twenty cubits, and the height was one hundred and twenty: and he overlaid it within with pure gold.

    5 And the greater house he paneled with fir tree, which he overlaid with fine gold, and set thereon palm trees and chains.

  • 1 Kgs 7:12
    74%

    12 And the great court all around was with three rows of cut stones and a row of cedar beams, for the inner court of the house of the LORD and for the porch of the house.

  • 2 Chr 31:11
    74%

    11 Then Hezekiah commanded to prepare chambers in the house of the LORD, and they prepared them,

  • Ezek 40:33
    74%

    33 Its gate chambers, its posts, and its arches were according to these measurements. And there were windows in it and in its arches all around; it was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.

  • 1 Kgs 6:38
    73%

    38 And in the eleventh year, in the month of Bul, which is the eighth month, the house was finished throughout all its parts and according to all its design. Thus he took seven years in building it.