I saw also the height of the house] Now he cometh to summe or speake of the house upwards, as he had done the compasse of it about, as it stood backed with these buildings: And the height of it was thus. First, from the ground, sixe great cubits, or sixe yards and an halfe upward, was the wall that was the foundation and supporter of these chambers, just the height of the doore at the East end, and of the cloisters on either side it: and of the wall of the house which he measured, vers. 5. and which was carved with Cherubims and Palme-trees, vers. 20. Then the three stories of the chambers built upon this foundation, were foure cubits, an halfe, and sixe or eight inches, or thereabout, high a piece, or foureteene great cubits divided into three equall portions: Now betweene this wall that supported the outmost sides of the chambers toward the Court, and betweene the Temple wall, there was a voyd space about five cubits broad, which was as a close cloister, on the North, South, and West parts of the Temple, as there was an open one at the East end: And this helpeth to understand vers. 9. 11.
a full reed of six great cubits] Chap. 40. 5.