864 B
864 B
General Information:
The narrator continues to list the dimensions of the temple.
he built ... he made
Solomon would have commanded his workers to do the building. AT: "they built ... they made" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)
he built rooms around it
He built rooms on the outside of the outside wall around the main chamber.
The lowest story ... the middle ... the third
This refers to the rooms in each story of the building.
five cubits ... six cubits ... seven cubits
A cubit is 46 centimeters. AT: "about 2.3 meters ... about 2.8 meters ... about 3.2 meters" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-bdistance)
he made offsets in the wall of the house
They made ledges all around the main building to support the beams of the small rooms.
beams
A beam is a long heavy piece of wood used to support a building.