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1Kgs 6:5

How this passage has been read — the sources, oldest to newest.

From the early Church Fathers to now.

1Kgs 6:5 · Douay-Rheims
“And upon the wall of the temple he built floors round about, in the walls of the house round about the temple and the oracle, and he made sides round about.”
Medieval c. 750 – 1100
850
A.D.
Ishodad of Merv Medieval
d. A.D. 850
“Against the sides of the house he made side chambers, that is, some porticos like those built around a basilica, one on the other, in three levels. He did this, in the first place, because the portico was narrow and could not been divided into separate parts; secondly, in order that they might work as a support to the house so that it did not collapse.”
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Modern · 1953 →

The in-app commentary runs from the Fathers to the early-modern record, then stops — that's where the public-domain sources end, not where the reading does. For the modern reading, follow the sources directly.