John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 42:9
And from under these chambers ,.... Or, "from the lower part of these chambers" F26 ומיתחת הלשכות הלאה "et ab ima, parte exedrarum", Vatablus; "et infra calles has fuisse spatium ", Cocceius, Starckius. ; or, "from the lowest" of them there was a space, as may be supplied, and as is by Cocceius and Starchius; and as there was a wall to the west of them, so there was a void space to the east; and as follows: the entry on the east side : or, "he that brought me from the east"... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 42:1-14
The prophet has taken a very exact view of the temple and the buildings belonging to it, and is now brought again into the outer court, to observe the chambers that were in that square. I. Here is a description of these chambers, which (as that which went before) seems to us very perplexed and intricate, through our unacquaintedness with the Hebrew language and the rules of architecture at that time. We shall only observe, in general, 1. That about the temple, which was the place of public... read more