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# Connecting Statement:
The narrator continues to describe the temple and its dimensions.
# he made
Solomon would have commanded his workers to do the building. Alternate translation: "they made" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
# The lowest story ... the middle ... the third
This refers to the rooms in each story of the building.
# five cubits ... six cubits ... seven cubits
A cubit is 46 centimeters. Alternate translation: "about 2.3 meters ... about 2.8 meters ... about 3.2 meters" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-bdistance]])
# he made offsets in the wall of the house
They made ledges all around the main building to support the beams of the small rooms.
# beams
A beam is a long heavy piece of wood used to support a building.