1 Kings 6:19 “Solomon also prepared the inner sanctuary within the temple to set the…”

1 Kings 6:19

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Also he prepared the place of the oracle in the mids of the house within, to set the Arke of the couenant of the Lord there.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

And he made ready an inmost room in the middle of the house, in which to put the ark of the agreement of the Lord.

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Cross references

“the oracle”

1 Kings 6:5 1 Kings 6:16 2 Chronicles 4:20 Psalm 28:2

1 Kings 6:5 · BSB

Against the walls of the temple and the inner sanctuary, Solomon built a chambered structure around the temple, in which he constructed the side rooms.

1 Kings 6:16 · 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.

2 Chronicles 4:20 · BSB

the lampstands of pure gold and their lamps, to burn in front of the inner sanctuary as prescribed;

Psalm 28:2 · BSB

Hear my cry for mercy when I call to You for help, when I lift up my hands toward Your holy sanctuary.

“to set”

1 Kings 8:6–10 2 Chronicles 5:7 Exodus 40:20 Exodus 40:21 Hebrews 9:3 Hebrews 9:4

1 Kings 8:6–10 · BSB

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.

2 Chronicles 5:7 · BSB

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.

Exodus 40:20 · BSB

Moses took the Testimony and placed it in the ark, attaching the poles to the ark; and he set the mercy seat atop the ark.

Exodus 40:21 · BSB

Then he brought the ark into the tabernacle, put up the veil for the screen, and shielded off the ark of the Testimony, just as the LORD had commanded him.

Hebrews 9:3 · BSB

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

Hebrews 9:4 · BSB

containing the golden altar of incense and the gold-covered ark of the covenant. Inside the ark were the gold jar of manna, Aaron’s staff that had budded, and the stone tablets of the covenant.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

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

20The inner sanctuary was twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and twenty cubits high. He overlaid the inside with pure gold, and he also overlaid the altar of cedar.

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