King James Version (KJV)
Now the upper chambers {were} shorter: for the galleries were higher than these, than the lower, and than the middlemost of the building. {were higher...: or, did eat of these} {than the lower...: or, and the building consisted of the lower and the middlemost}
Modern English
Now the upper rooms were shorter; for the galleries took away from these, more than from the lower and the middle, in the building.
Hebrew
וְהַלְּשָׁכ֥וֹת הָעֶלְיוֹנֹ֖ת קְצֻר֑וֹת כִּֽי־יוֹכְל֨וּ אַתִּיקִ֜ים מֵהֵ֗נָה מֵֽהַתַּחְתֹּנ֛וֹת וּמֵהַתִּֽכֹנ֖וֹת בִּנְיָֽן׃
vhalshakvot haʿelyvonot qṣurvot kiy-yvoklv ʾatiyqiym mehenah mehataḥtonvot vmehatikonvot binyan