1 Reyes 6:5

5 A los costados del edificio y en la parte trasera, construyó un complejo de habitaciones contra las paredes exteriores del templo.

1 Reyes 6:5 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 6:5

And against the wall of the house he built chambers round
about
Or near it, as Jarchi interprets it, for the beams of them were not fastened in in it, ( 1 Kings 6:6 ) ; or rather "upon" it ^F16; and when they are said to be round about the house, it must be understood of the two sides, north and south, and of the west end only, for at the east end, where the porch was, there were none:

[against] the walls of the house round about, [both] of the temple and
of the oracle;
that is, both of the holy and the most holy place:

and he made chambers round about;
the said buildings; which is repeated that it might be observed; how many chambers there were, is not said; Josephus says ^F17 there were thirty of them, and over them others of the same measure and number, and over them others also; so that there were three stories of them, and in all ninety; and which is countenanced by what follows in ( 1 Kings 6:6 ) , and agrees with ( Ezekiel 41:6 ) ; the Jewish doctors say ^F18, there were thirty eight of them, fifteen on the north, fifteen on the south, and eight on the west; they that were to the north and south were five upon five, and five over them; and they that were to the west were three upon three, and two over them; upper rooms or chambers were rare in Heathen temples ^F19: these chambers were for the priests, where they lodged and laid up their garments, and ate their holy things; and were emblems of congregated churches, where the true members thereof, who are priests to God, have communion with him, and partake of divine things.

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FOOTNOTES:

F16 (ryq le) "super parietem", V. L. Montanus.
F17 Antiqu. l. 8. c. 3. sect. 2.
F18 Misn. Middot, c. 4. sect. 3.
F19 Pausan. Laconic. sive. l. 3. p. 190.

1 Reyes 6:5 In-Context

3 La antesala que estaba al frente del templo medía nueve metros
de ancho, coincidía con la anchura total del templo, y se proyectaba cuatro metros y medio
hacia el frente.

4 Salomón también hizo ventanas angostas y empotradas por todo el templo.

5 A los costados del edificio y en la parte trasera, construyó un complejo de habitaciones contra las paredes exteriores del templo.

6 El complejo era de tres pisos; el piso de abajo tenía un ancho de dos metros con treinta centímetros, el piso de en medio, dos metros con ochenta centímetros; y el piso de arriba, tres metros con veinte centímetros.
Las habitaciones estaban unidas a las paredes del templo mediante vigas apoyadas en cornisas que sobresalían de las paredes; de modo que las vigas no estaban insertadas dentro de las paredes mismas.

7 Las piedras que se usaron en la construcción del templo se labraban en las canteras, de modo que no hubo ruido de martillo, ni de hacha, ni de ninguna otra herramienta de hierro en el lugar de la obra.