1 Kings 6:19

He prepared an oracle in the midst of the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of the 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

18There was cedar on the house within, carved with buds and open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen.

20Within the oracle was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in its height; and he overlaid it with pure gold: and he covered the altar with cedar.

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Cross References

1 Kings 6:5Against the wall of the house he built stories all around, against the walls of the house all around, both of the temple and of the oracle; and he made side rooms all around.

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

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

Hebrews 9:3After the second veil was 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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