Each level was wider than the one below it, corresponding to the narrowing of the Temple wall as it rose higher. A stairway led up from the bottom level through the middle level to the top level.

Commentaries

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

An enlarging - The “wall for the side-chambers” had for the ground story its full thickness of five cubits (Ezekiel 41:9) - then…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

And there was an enlarging.— The description in this verse is difficult to understand and has prompted a wide variety of opinions.…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

And there was an enlarging, and a winding about still upward to
the side chambers
The…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

After the prophet had observed the courts, he was brought to the temple. If we attend to instructions in the plainer parts of religion, and profit …