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1 Kings 6:8-10
New International Version
1 Kings 6:8-10
New International Version
8 The entrance to the lowest[a] floor was on the south side of the temple; a stairway led up to the middle level and from there to the third. 9 So he built the temple and completed it, roofing it with beams and cedar(A) planks. 10 And he built the side rooms all along the temple. The height of each was five cubits, and they were attached to the temple by beams of cedar.
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- 1 Kings 6:8 Septuagint; Hebrew middle
1 Kings 6:8-10
English Standard Version
1 Kings 6:8-10
English Standard Version
8 The entrance for the lowest[a] story was on the south side of the house, and one went up by stairs to the middle story, and from the middle story to the third. 9 (A)So he built the house and finished it, and he made the ceiling of the house of beams and planks of cedar. 10 He built the structure against the whole house, five cubits high, and it was joined to the house with timbers of cedar.
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- 1 Kings 6:8 Septuagint, Targum; Hebrew middle
1 Kings 6:8-10
New King James Version
1 Kings 6:8-10
New King James Version
8 The doorway for the [a]middle story was on the right side of the temple. They went up by stairs to the middle story, and from the middle to the third.
9 (A)So he built the [b]temple and finished it, and he paneled the temple with beams and boards of cedar. 10 And he built side chambers against the entire temple, each five cubits high; they were attached to the temple with cedar beams.
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- 1 Kings 6:8 So with MT, Vg.; LXX upper story; Tg. ground story
- 1 Kings 6:9 Lit. house
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