1 Kings 6:19

World English Bible

He prepared an inner sanctuary in the middle of the house within, to set the ark of Yahweh’s covenant there.

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1 Kings 6:19 in other translations

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

1 Kings 6:19 · American Standard Version

1 Kings 6:19 in context

  1. 17In front of the temple sanctuary was forty cubits.
  2. 18There was cedar on the house within, carved with buds and open flowers. All was cedar. No stone was visible.
  3. 19He prepared an inner sanctuary in the middle of the house within, to set the ark of Yahweh’s covenant there.
  4. 20Within the inner sanctuary was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in width, and twenty cubits in its height; and he overlaid it with pure gold; and he covered the altar with cedar.
  5. 21So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold. He drew chains of gold across before the inner sanctuary, and he overlaid it with gold.