# 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.