He built the floors all along the house, each five cubits high; and they rested on the house with timber of cedar.
Parallel translations
- KJV And then he built chambers against all the house, five cubits high: and they rested on the house with timber of cedar.
- BSB He built chambers all along the temple, each five cubits high and attached to the temple with beams of cedar.
- NKJV And he built side chambers against the entire temple, each five cubits high; they were attached to the temple with cedar beams.
- NASB He also built the stories against the whole house, each five cubits high; and they were attached to the house with timbers of cedar.
- NLT As already stated, he built a complex of rooms along the sides of the building, attached to the Temple walls by cedar timbers. Each story of the complex was 7-1/2 feet high.
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