1 Kings 6:16

14 So Solomon built the temple and finished it.

15 He lined the interior walls with cedar paneling from the floor of the temple to the ceiling, and he covered the floor with cypress boards.

He partitioned off the twenty cubits at the rear of the temple with cedar boards from floor to ceiling to form within the temple an inner sanctuary, the Most Holy Place.

17 And the main hall in front of this room was forty cubits long.

18 The cedar paneling inside the temple was carved with gourds and open flowers. Everything was cedar; not a stone could be seen.

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BSB
He partitioned off the twenty cubits at the rear of the temple with cedar boards from floor to ceiling to form within the temple an inner sanctuary, the Most Holy Place.
KJV
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.
WEB
He built twenty cubits of the back part of the house with boards of cedar from the floor to the ceiling. He built this within, for an inner sanctuary, even for the most holy place.
ASV
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.
DARBY
And he built twenty cubits of the innermost part of the house, both floor and walls, with boards of cedar; and he built [them] for it within, to [be] the oracle, the most holy place.
BLB
And he built the twenty cubits at the rear of the house with cedar boards from floor to ceiling, and he built [it] inside, as the inner sanctuary, for the Holy of Holies.
ÅB
Tyve alen fra husets bakside satte han en vegg av sederbord fra gulvet og opp til loftsbjelkene, og rommet innenfor innredet han til kor - det var det Aller-helligste.
OTB
Han bygde også en del av tjue alen bakerst i huset med planker av sedertre fra gulvet til taket; han bygde dem på innsiden som et innerste rom, kjent som Det Aller Helligste.
B1930
Tyve alen fra husets bakside satte han en vegg av sederbord fra gulvet og op til loftsbjelkene, og rummet innenfor innredet han til kor - det var det Aller-helligste.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 1 Kings 8:6

    Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the LORD to its place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, the Most Holy Place, beneath the wings of the cherubim.

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  • 2 Chronicles 3:8

    Then he made the Most Holy Place; its length corresponded to the width of the temple—twenty cubits long and twenty cubits wide. And he overlaid the inside with six hundred talents of fine gold.

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  • Hebrews 9:3

    Behind the second curtain was a room called the Most Holy Place,

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  • Leviticus 16:2

    And the LORD said to Moses: “Tell your brother Aaron not to enter freely into the Most Holy Place behind the veil in front of the mercy seat on the ark, or else he will die, because I appear in the cloud above the mercy seat.

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  • Ezekiel 45:3

    From this holy portion, you are to measure off a length of 25,000 cubits and a width of 10,000 cubits, and in it will be the sanctuary, the Most Holy Place.

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  • Exodus 26:33–34

    And hang the veil from the clasps and place the ark of the Testimony behind the veil. So the veil will separate the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place.

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  • 1 Kings 6:19–20

    Solomon also prepared the inner sanctuary within the temple to set the ark of the covenant of the LORD there.

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  • Exodus 26:23

    and two frames for the two back corners of the tabernacle,

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