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1 Kings 6:17

Old Testament Historical ASV (1901)

What does 1 Kings 6:17 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “And the house, that is, the temple before [the oracle], was forty cubits [long].” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

And the house, that is, the temple before [the oracle], was forty cubits [long].
1 Kings 6:17 — American Standard Version

Context — 1 Kings 6

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
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.
20And within the oracle was [a space of] twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof; and he overlaid it with pure gold: and he covered the altar with cedar.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“And the house, that [is], the temple before it, etc.] The holy place, which was before the of holies: was forty cubits [long]; and which, with the most holy place, being twenty cubits, as in the preceding verse, made the length of the whole house sixty cubits, as in (<110602>1 Kings 6:2).”
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Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John Wesley (1703–1791) · Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament and Old Testament notes · 18th-century historical commentary
“House - That is, the holy place. Temple - This is added, to restrain the signification of the word house, which otherwise notes the whole building. It - The oracle. 3 Kings (1 Kings) 6:18”
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