1 Kings 6:6

The lowest story was five cubits broad , the middle one was six cubits broad , and the third was seven cubits broad . For around the outside of the house he made offsets on the wall in order that the supporting beams should not be inserted into the walls of the house .

The lowest floor was five cubits wide, the middle floor six cubits and the third floor seven. He made offset ledges around the outside of the temple so that nothing would be inserted into the temple walls.

The nethermost chamber was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad : for without in the wall of the house he made narrowed rests round about, that the beams should not be fastened in the walls of the house.