1 Kings 6:16

And he built up twenty cubits with boards of cedar at the hinder part of the temple, from the floor to the top: and made the inner house of the oracle to be the holy of holies.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The 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.

In Context

15And he built the walls of the house on the inside, with boards of cedar, from the floor of the house to the top of the walls, and to the roots, he covered it with boards of cedar on the inside: and he covered the floor of the house with planks of fir.

17And the temple itself before the doors of the oracle was forty cubits long.

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Cross References

Exodus 25:21In which thou shalt put the testimony that I will give thee.

Exodus 26:33And the veils shall be hanged on with rings, and within it thou shalt put the ark of the testimony, and the sanctuary, and the holy of holies shall be divided with it.

1 Kings 6:5And upon the wall of the temple he built floors round about, in the walls of the house round about the temple and the oracle, and he made sides round about.

1 Kings 8:6And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the Lord into its place, into the oracle of the temple, into the holy of holies under the wings of the cherubims.

Ezekiel 41:4And he measured the length thereof twenty cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits, before the face of the temple: and he said to me: This is the holy of holies.

Hebrews 9:3And after the second veil, the tabernacle, which is 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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