And then he built chambers against all the house, five cubits high: and they rested on the house with timber of cedar.
Then he built rooms along the outside walls of the entire temple, each room about seven and a half feet high. These rooms were supported by the temple walls using cedar beams.
This verse describes how Solomon built additional storage rooms around the outside of the temple, supported by cedar beams.
📚 Historical Context
This verse is part of the detailed account of Solomon building the first temple in Jerusalem around 960 BC. The temple was a magnificent structure that took seven years to complete, and these side chambers served as storage rooms for temple treasures, priestly garments, and other sacred items. Cedar wood was imported from Lebanon and was considered the finest building material of that era.
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