8 The door for the middle chamber was in the right side [1] of the house: and they went up with winding stairs into the middle chamber, and out of the middle into the third.

Other Translations of 1 Kings 6:8

New International Version

8 The entrance to the lowestSeptuagint; Hebrew "middle" floor was on the south side of the temple; a stairway led up to the middle level and from there to the third.

English Standard Version

8 The entrance for the lowestSeptuagint, Targum; Hebrew middle story was on the south side of the house, and one went up by stairs to the middle story, and from the middle story to the third.

The Message

8 The entrance to the ground floor was at the south end of The Temple; stairs led to the second floor and then to the third.

New King James Version

8 The doorway for the middle story was on the right side of the temple. They went up by stairs to the middle story, and from the middle to the third.

New Living Translation

8 The entrance to the bottom floor was on the south side of the Temple. There were winding stairs going up to the second floor, and another flight of stairs between the second and third floors.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on 1 Kings 6:8

Commentary on 1 Kings 6:1-10

(Read 1 Kings 6:1-10)

The temple is called the house of the Lord, because it was directed and modelled by him, and was to be employed in his service. This gave it the beauty of holiness, that it was the house of the Lord, which was far beyond all other beauties. It was to be the temple of the God of peace, therefore no iron tool must be heard; quietness and silence suit and help religious exercises. God's work should be done with much care and little noise. Clamour and violence often hinder, but never further the work of God. Thus the kingdom of God in the heart of man grows up in silence, Mark 5:27.