1 Kings 6:19

And he prepared an oracle in the midst of the house inside, to set there the ark of the covenant of LORD.

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In The King James Version

And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of the LORD.

In Context

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

20And inside the oracle was [a space of] twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height of it. And he overlaid it with pure gold. And he covered the altar with cedar.

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Cross References

1 Kings 6:5And against the wall of the house he built stories round about, against the walls of the house round about, both of the temple and of the oracle. And he made side-chambers round about.

1 Kings 8:6And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of LORD to its place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubim.

2 Chronicles 5:7And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of LORD to its place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubim.

Hebrews 9:3And behind the second curtain, the tabernacle called the Holy of holies,

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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