The entrance to the bottom floor was on the south side of the temple. A stairway led up to the middle level, and from there to the third floor. Cross References 1 Kings 6:7The temple was constructed using finished stones cut at the quarry, so that no hammer, chisel, or any iron tool was heard in the temple while it was being built. 1 Kings 6:9 So Solomon built the temple and finished it, roofing it with beams and planks of cedar. 2 Chronicles 31:11 Then Hezekiah commanded them to prepare storerooms in the house of the LORD, and they did so. Jeremiah 35:2 "Go to the house of the Rechabites, speak to them, and bring them to one of the chambers of the house of the LORD to offer them a drink of wine." Ezekiel 41:7 The side rooms surrounding the temple widened at each successive level, because the structure surrounding the temple ascended by stages corresponding to the narrowing of the temple wall as it rose upward. And so a stairway went up from the lowest story to the highest through the middle one. Chapter Outline 1. The building of Solomon's temple5. The chambers thereof 11. God's promise unto it 15. The ceiling and adorning of it 23. The cherubim 31. The doors 36. The court 37. The time of building it Jump to Previous Chamber Chambers Door Doorway Entrance Floor House Lowest Middle Opening Right Rooms Row Shoulder Side Side-Chambers South Stairs Stairway Steps Story Temple Third Twisting WindingJump to Next Chamber Chambers Door Doorway Entrance Floor House Lowest Middle Opening Right Rooms Row Shoulder Side Side-Chambers South Stairs Stairway Steps Story Temple Third Twisting Winding |
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