1 Kings 6:19

And he made ready an inmost room in the middle of the house, in which to put the ark of the agreement of the Lord.

Bible in Basic English

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

18(All the inside of the house was cedar-wood, ornamented with designs of buds and flowers; no stonework was to be seen inside.)

20And the inmost room was twenty cubits square and twenty cubits high, plated over with clear gold, and he made an altar of cedar-wood, plating it with gold.

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Cross References

1 Kings 6:5And against the walls all round, and against the walls of the Temple and of the inmost room, he put up wings, with side rooms all round:

1 Kings 8:6And the priests took the ark of the agreement of the Lord and put it in its place in the inner room of the house, in the most holy place, under the wings of the winged ones.

2 Chronicles 5:7And the priests took the ark of the Lord's agreement and put it in its place, in the inner room of the house, in the most holy place, under the wings of the winged ones.

Hebrews 9:3And inside the second veil was the place which is named 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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