John Gill Commentary 1 Kings 6:10

"And he built the stories against all the house, each five cubits high: and they rested on the house with timber of cedar." — 1 Kings 6:10 (ASV)

And [then] he built chambers against all the house five cubits
high
Which some understand of the same chambers in (1 Kings 6:5 1 Kings 6:6); here made mention of again for the sake of giving the height of them, not before given;

but they were built against, or upon the wall of the house, these against, or rather upon the whole house itself; and are the chambers referred to, (See Gill on 1 Kings 6:2); which consisting of three stories of ninety cubits, raised the whole house to an equal height with the porch, (2 Chronicles 3:4); as is there intended ^F24; these are the upper chambers in (2 Chronicles 3:9);

and they rested on the house [with] timber of cedar; or on the timber of cedar, the beams of cedar, with which the house was covered, as in (1 Kings 6:9); on these the chambers rested, being built upon them;

and in one of these chambers the disciples might be after Christ's ascension, (Acts 1:13).

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FOOTNOTES:

• F24: Vid. Joseph. Antiqu. ut supra. (l. 8. c. 3. sect. 2.)