KJV King James Version
And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house, both the floor and the walls with boards of cedar: he even built [them] for it within, [even] for the oracle, [even] for the most holy [place].
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1 Kings 6:16
And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house, both the floor and the walls with boards of cedar: he even built [them] for it within, [even] for the oracle, [even] for the most holy [place].
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
He partitioned off the twenty cubits at the rear of the temple with cedar boards from floor to ceiling to form within the temple an inner sanctuary, the Most Holy Place.
WEB World English Bible
He built twenty cubits on the hinder part of the house with boards of cedar from the floor to the ceiling: he built them for it within, for an oracle, even for the most holy place.
ASV American Standard Version
And he built twenty cubits on the hinder part of the house with boards of cedar from the floor unto the walls of the ceiling: he built them for it within, for an oracle, even for the most holy place.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And he buildeth the twenty cubits on the sides of the house with ribs of cedar, from the floor unto the walls; and he buildeth for it within, for the oracle, for the holy of holies.
Surrounding context — 1 Kings 6
13 And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel.
14 So Solomon built the house, and finished it.
15 And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar, both the floor of the house, and the walls of the cieling: [and] he covered [them] on the inside with wood, and covered the floor of the house with planks of fir.
16 And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house, both the floor and the walls with boards of cedar: he even built [them] for it within, [even] for the oracle, [even] for the most holy [place].
17 And the house, that [is], the temple before it, was forty cubits [long].
18 And the cedar of the house within [was] carved with knops and open flowers: all [was] cedar; there was no stone seen.
19 And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of the LORD.
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וַיִּבֶן֩H1129 · ba.nahto buildאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]עֶשְׂרִ֨יםH6242 · es.rimtwentyאַמָּ֜הH520 · am.mahcubitמִֽיַּרְכְּתֵ֤יH3411 · ye.re.khahflankהַבַּ֙יִת֙H1004 · betplaceבְּצַלְע֣וֹתH6763 · tse.lasideאֲרָזִ֔יםH730 · e.rezcedarמִן־H4480 · minfromהַקַּרְקַ֖עH7172 · qar.qafloorעַד־H5704 · adtillהַקִּיר֑וֹתH7023 · qirwallוַיִּ֤בֶןH1129 · ba.nahto buildלוֹ֙H9033 · ohimמִבַּ֣יִתH1004 · betplaceלִדְבִ֔ירH1687 · de.virsanctuaryלְקֹ֖דֶשׁH6944 · qo.deshholinessהַקֳּדָשִֽׁים׃H6944 · qo.deshholiness
Cross-references
2 Chronicles 3:8And he made the most holy house, the length whereof [was] according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits: and he overlaid it with fine gold, [amounting] to six hundred talents.1 Kings 8:6And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto his place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy [place, even] under the wings of the cherubims.Leviticus 16:2And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at all times into the holy [place] within the vail before the mercy seat, which [is] upon the ark; that he die not: for I will appear in the cloud upon the mercy seat.Hebrews 9:3And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all;Ezekiel 45:3And of this measure shalt thou measure the length of five and twenty thousand, and the breadth of ten thousand: and in it shall be the sanctuary [and] the most holy [place].Exodus 26:33-34And thou shalt hang up the vail under the taches, that thou mayest bring in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony: and the vail shall divide unto you between the holy [place] and the most holy.1 Kings 6:19-20And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of the LORD.1 Kings 6:5And against the wall of the house he built chambers round about, [against] the walls of the house round about, [both] of the temple and of the oracle: and he made chambers round about:Exodus 25:21-22And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee.Exodus 26:23And two boards shalt thou make for the corners of the tabernacle in the two sides.
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