Devine Scripture

1 Kings 6:16

1 Kings chapter 6 · verse 16 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 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.

Context

v.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.

v.16This passage

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

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 1 Kings 6:19

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

  • Hebrews 9:3

    And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holy of holies;

  • Ezekiel 45:3

    And of this measure shalt thou measure a length of five and twenty thousand, and a breadth of ten thousand: and in it shall be the sanctuary, which is most holy.

  • Exodus 26:23

    And two boards shalt thou make for the corners of the tabernacle in the hinder part.

  • Exodus 25:21

    And thou shalt put the mercy-seat above upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee.

  • 1 Kings 6:5

    And against the wall of the house he built stories round about, against the walls of the house round about, both of the temple and of the oracle; and he made side-chambers round about.