| Geneva Study Bible And against the wall of the house he built chambers round about, against the walls of the house round about, both of the temple and of {d} the oracle: and he made chambers round about: (d) When God spoke between the Cherubim, called also the most holy place. Wesley's Notes 6:5 Against the wall - The beams of the chambers were not fastened into the wall, but leaned upon the buttresses of the wall. Chambers - For the laying the priests garments, and other utensils belonging to the temple, therein. Round about - On all the sides except the east, where the porch was; and except some very small passages for the light. And yet these lights might be in the five uppermost cubits of the wall, which were above all these chambers, for these were only fifteen cubits high, and the wall was twenty cubits high. Chambers - Galleries which encompassed all the chambers; and which were necessary for passage to them. King James Translators' Notes against the wall: or, upon, or, joining to the wall built chambers: Heb. built floors made chambers: Heb. made ribs Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary 1Ki 6:5-10. The Chambers Thereof. 5. against the wall of the house he built chambers-On three sides, there were chambers in three stories, each story wider than the one beneath it, as the walls were narrowed or made thinner as they ascended, by a rebate being made, on which the beams of the side floor rested, without penetrating the wall. These chambers were approached from the right-hand side, in the interior of the under story, by a winding staircase of stone, which led to the middle and upper stories. Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary 6:1-10 The temple is called the house of the Lord, because it was directed and modelled by him, and was to be employed in his service. This gave it the beauty of holiness, that it was the house of the Lord, which was far beyond all other beauties. It was to be the temple of the God of peace, therefore no iron tool must be heard; quietness and silence suit and help religious exercises. God's work should be done with much care and little noise. Clamour and violence often hinder, but never further the work of God. Thus the kingdom of God in the heart of man grows up in silence, Mr 5:27. | 
