against: or, upon, or joining to built: 1Ch 9:26, 1Ch 23:28, 1Ch 28:11, 2Ch 31:11, Neh 10:37, Neh 12:44, Neh 13:5-9, Son 1:4, Jer 35:4, Eze 40:44, Eze 41:5-11, Eze 42:3-12 chambers: Heb. floors, These appear to have been what we should now call corridors or galleries; in which were apartments for the use of the priests. They consisted of three stories, and increased one cubit in breadth in every story, the wall of the temple being two cubits thicker at the bottom than at the top; and where the wall diminished, a rest was thus formed for the beams of the chambers to lodge upon. oracle: 1Ki 6:16, 1Ki 6:19-21, 1Ki 6:31, Exo 25:22, Lev 16:2, Num 7:89, 2Ch 4:20, 2Ch 5:7, 2Ch 5:9, Psa 28:2 chambers: Heb. ribs Reciprocal: 1Ki 6:21 - by the chains 1Ki 7:3 - beams 2Ki 11:2 - in the bedchamber Neh 6:10 - the house Jer 35:2 - into one Eze 40:7 - General Eze 40:17 - there were