1 Chronicles 28:11 -

The patterns of six parts of the future building are here delivered over to Solomon.

1 . The porch ; הָאוּלָם ( 1 Kings 6:3 ; 1 Kings 7:6 ; Ezekiel 40:7 ; Ezekiel 8:16 ; Joel 2:17 ; 2 Chronicles 3:4 , where we read that the length was twenty cubits, and the height one hundred and twenty cubits; 2 Chronicles 8:12 ; 2 Chronicles 15:8 ; 2 Chronicles 29:7 , 2 Chronicles 29:17 ); Septuagint, τὸ αἰλὰμ τοῦ rang generally, but in this verse τοῦ ναοῦ is all that appears. This porch was built on the east of the temple.

2 . The houses thereof ; i.e. not of the porch, but of the whole building; בָּתָּיו ; Septuagint, τῶν οἴκων αὐτοῦ . The word "houses" in this place designates the" greater house," or" temple," or holy place of 2 Chronicles 3:5 ; 1 Kings 6:5 , 1 Kings 6:17 ; and the "inner house," or "oracle," or "most holy house," or "holy of holies,'" of 2 Chronicles 3:8 ; 2 Kings 6:19-27 .

3 . The treasuries thereof ; נַנְזַכָּיו , a word found only here in this form, with a Chaldee termination in אַךְ ; Septuagint, τῶν ζακχῶν αὐτοῦ . The treasuries were chambers for receiving gifts, and storing the treasures new or old of the temple. Which of the rooms that were built against the sides of the temple were set apart as these treasure-chambers is not known. Perhaps they were the three-storied wings of the temple ( 1 Kings 6:5 ).

4 . The upper chambers thereof ; עֲלִיָּתֹיו ; Septuagint, τῶν ὑπερῴων Language:English} (for fuller treatment of these, see 2 Chronicles 3:9 ). We may only with confidence say of these chambers that they were upper chambers, but whether over the "oracle" as Keil and Bertheau think, or over the "porch," or the higher of those, that leaned against the sides of the main building, it is impossible to determine from such data as we at present have.

5 . The inner parlours thereof; חֲדָרָיו הַפְגִימִים , Septuagint τῶν ἀποθηκῶν τῶν ἐσωτέρων . There can be little doubt that these designate the lower rooms of the side buildings of the holy place, and perhaps also of the porch.

6 . The plane of the mercy-seat; בֵּית הַכַּפֹרֶת ; Septuagint, τοῦ οἴκου τοῦ ἐξιλασμοῦ .