1 Kings 6:16

Old Testament Historical ASV (1901)

And he built twenty cubits on the hinder part of the house with boards of cedar from the floor unto the walls [of the ceiling]: he built [them] for it within, for an oracle, even for the most holy place.

1 Kings 6:16 — American Standard Version

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Context — 1 Kings 6

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13And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel.

14So Solomon built the house, and finished it.

15And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar: from the floor of the house unto the walls of the ceiling, he covered them on the inside with wood; and he covered the floor of the house with boards of fir.

16And he built twenty cubits on the hinder part of the house with boards of cedar from the floor unto the walls [of the ceiling]: he built [them] for it within, for an oracle, even for the most holy place.

17And the house, that is, the temple before [the oracle], was forty cubits [long].

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

19And he prepared an oracle in the midst of the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of Jehovah.

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