⁶ The lowest chamber was five cubits wide, the middle was six cubits wide, and the third was seven cubits wide; for he made narrow ledges around the outside of the temple, so that the support beams would not be fastened into the walls of the ^[a]temple.

¹⁰ And he built side chambers against the entire temple, each five cubits high; they were attached to the temple with cedar beams.