1 Kings 6:16
What does 1 Kings 6:16 mean?
A plain-English look at 1 Kings 6:16 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
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WEB
World English Bible · 2000And 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 · 1611And 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 · 1901And 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.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And at the back of the house a further space of twenty cubits was shut in with boards of cedar-wood, for the inmost room.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And he buildeth the twenty cubits on the sides of the house with ribs of cedar, from the floor unto the walls; and he buildeth for it within, for the oracle, for the holy of holies.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And he built up twenty cubits with boards of cedar at the hinder part of the temple, from the floor to the top: and made the inner house of the oracle to be the holy of holies.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And 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.
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.
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