1 Kings 6:19

And, the shrine in the midst of the house within, made he ready,—for placing there, the ark of the covenant of Yahweh.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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, the cedar for the house within, was carved with colocynths, and with festoons of flowers,—the whole, was cedar, there was no stone to be seen.

20And, the interior of the shrine, was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in height, and he overlaid it, with pure gold,—and overlaid the altar with cedar.

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Cross References

1 Kings 6:5And he built—by the wall of the house—a gallery, round about, against the walls of the house, round about, both to the temple, and to the shrine,—and he made side chambers round about.

1 Kings 8:6So the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of Yahweh into its place, into the shrine of the house, into the holy of holies,—under the wings of the cherubim.

2 Chronicles 5:7And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of Yahweh into the place thereof, into the shrine of the house, into the holy of holies,—into [the place] beneath the wings of the cherubim;—

Hebrews 9:3But, after the second veil, a tent, that which is called Most Holy:

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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