NET

5 Now the upper chambers were narrower, because the galleries took more space from them than from the lower and middle chambers of the building.

Darby

5 And the upper cells, because the galleries encroached on them, were shorter than the lower, and than the middle-most of the building.

KJV

5 Now the upper chambers [were] shorter: for the galleries were higher than these, than the lower, and than the middlemost of the building.

KJV Bible Notes

were higher then these: Or, did eat of these. then the lower, and then the middlemost of the building: Or, and the building consisted of the lower and the middlemost.

Strong's

5 Now the upper^H5945 chambers^H3957 were shorter^H7114: for the galleries^H862 were higher^H398 than these^H2007, than the lower^H8481, and than the middlemost^H8484 of the building^H1146.