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1 Kings 6:16

American Standard Version

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.

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1 Kings 6:16 in other translations

He built twenty cubits on the back part of the house with boards of cedar from the floor to the ceiling. He built them for it within, for an inner sanctuary, even for the most holy place.

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1 Kings 6:16 in context

  1. 14So Solomon built the house, and finished it.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 17And the house, that is, the temple before the oracle, was forty cubits long.
  5. 18And there was cedar on the house within, carved with knops and open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen.