And then he built chambers against all the house, five cubits high: and they rested on the house with timber of cedar.
Chambers ... five cubits high. That was the height of the whole three storeys.
They rested on the house with timber of cedar - i:e., because the beams of the side stones rested on the ledges of the temple wall; the wing was attached to the house; it was connected with the temple, without, however, interfering injuriously with the sanctuary (Keil). х hayaatsiya` (H3326), floor, or chamber, is feminine (1 Kings 6:6), where it is used in regard to single storeys; but in 1 Kings 6:5; 1 Kings 6:10, it is masculine, and is put collectively for the entire portion of the edifice.] Josephus, followed by many modern writers on the Temple, represents these storeys as of equal height with that of the temple; but that is at variance with the tenor of the sacred text (see Gesenius, 'Lexicon,' sub voce).