(A)Against the wall of the house he built stories encompassing the walls of the house around both the main room and the [a](B)inner sanctuary; so he made (C)side chambers all around.

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  1. 1 Kings 6:5 I.e., Most Holy Place

Against the walls of the main hall and inner sanctuary he built a structure around the building, in which there were side rooms.(A)

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The doorway for the [a]lowest side chamber was on the right side of the house; and they would go up by a winding staircase to the middle story, and from the middle to the third.

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  1. 1 Kings 6:8 As in LXX and ancient versions; MT middle

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.

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  1. 1 Kings 6:8 Septuagint; Hebrew middle

26 for the four chief gatekeepers, who were Levites, served in an official capacity, and were in charge of the chambers and in charge of the treasuries in the house of God.

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26 But the four principal gatekeepers, who were Levites, were entrusted with the responsibility for the rooms and treasuries(A) in the house of God.

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33 Now these are (A)the singers, heads of fathers’ households of the Levites, who lived in the chambers of the temple free of other duties; for they were [a]engaged (B)in their work day and night.

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  1. 1 Chronicles 9:33 Lit over them in the work

33 Those who were musicians,(A) heads of Levite families, stayed in the rooms of the temple and were exempt from other duties because they were responsible for the work day and night.(B)

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