1 Kings 6:17

And the house, that is, the temple in front of [the oracle], was forty cubits [long].

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In The King James Version

And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits long.

In Context

16And he built twenty cubits on the hinder part of the house with boards of cedar from the floor to the walls [of the ceiling]. He built [them] for it inside, for an oracle, even for the most holy place.

18And there was cedar on the house inside, carved with knops and open flowers. All was cedar; there was no stone seen.

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Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 6:16-38

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 ceiling: 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… Read the whole commentary →

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