1 Reyes 6:6

6 El piso inferior tenía cinco codos de ancho, y el del medio tenía seis codos de ancho, y el tercero tenía siete codos de ancho; porque por fuera hizo rebajos en la pared de la casa por todo alrededor para no empotrar las vigas en las paredes de la casa.

1 Reyes 6:6 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 6:6

And the nethermost chamber [was] five cubits broad
The nethermost row of them, which were upon the first floor:

and the middle [was] six cubits broad, and the third [was] seven cubits
broad;
so that the middlemost was a cubit larger than the lowest, and the highest a cubit larger than that: the reason of which was,

for without [in the wall] of the house he made narrowed rests round
about;
or rebatements; the thickness of the wall, as it was raised, became narrower at the height of every five cubits; thus the wall being supposed to be six cubits broad, as in ( Ezekiel 41:5 ) ; when it came to be five cubits high, it was narrowed a cubit, which left a projection, rebatement, or bench for the beams of the first chambers to be laid upon, which made the second row of chambers broader by a cubit; and the same being observed in the next story, made the highest a cubit broader than the middlemost: and this was done,

that [the beams] should not be fastened in the walls of the house;
or be inserted into them, which could not be done without making holes in it; and these holes could not be made without an iron instrument, and which was not to be used, as the next words show; whereas by the above method the beams of the chambers could be laid upon the buttresses, benches, or rebatements left, without the use of any: the gradual enlargement of these chambers, as they rose higher, may denote the enlargement of the church of God, both as to numbers, gifts, and grace, the nearer it comes to the heavenly state, as in the spiritual and personal reign of Christ.

1 Reyes 6:6 In-Context

4 También para la casa hizo ventanas con celosías.

5 Junto a la pared de la casa edificó pisos alrededor de las paredes de la casa, tanto de la nave como del santuario interior, e hizo cámaras laterales en derredor.

6 El piso inferior tenía cinco codos de ancho, y el del medio tenía seis codos de ancho, y el tercero tenía siete codos de ancho; porque por fuera hizo rebajos en la pared de la casa por todo alrededor para no empotrar las vigas en las paredes de la casa.

7 La casa, mientras se edificaba, se construía de piedras preparadas en la cantera; y no se oyó ni martillo ni hacha ni ningún instrumento de hierro en la casa mientras la construían.

8 La entrada a la cámara lateral inferior estaba al lado derecho de la casa; y se subía por una escalera de caracol al piso del medio, y del medio al tercero.