38 There was ^sa chamber with its door in the vestibule of the gate,^{1 t}where the burnt offering was to be washed.

Chambers for the Priests

44 On the outside of the inner gateway there were two ^bchambers¹ in the ^cinner court, one² at the side of the north gate facing south, the other at the side of the south³ gate facing north. 45 And he said to me, “This chamber that faces south is for the priests ^dwho have charge of the temple,

46 and the chamber that faces north is for the priests ^ewho have charge of the altar. These are ^fthe sons of Zadok, who alone¹ among the sons of Levi may come ^gnear to the Lord to minister to him.”

10 ^aother chambers was a breadth of ^btwenty cubits all around the temple on every side.

11 And he removed the horses that the kings of Judah had dedicated to the sun, at the entrance to the house of the Lord, by the chamber of Nathan-melech the chamberlain, which was in the precincts.¹ And he burned the chariots of the sun with fire.