1 Kings 6:16

16 1He built twenty cubits on the rear part of the house with boards of cedar from the floor to the ceiling; he built them for it on the inside * as an inner sanctuary, even as 2the most holy place.

1 Kings 6:16 In-Context

14 So Solomon built the house and finished it.
15 Then he built the walls of the house on the inside with boards of cedar; from the floor of the house to the ceiling he overlaid the walls on the inside with wood, and he overlaid the floor of the house with boards of cypress.
16 He built twenty cubits on the rear part of the house with boards of cedar from the floor to the ceiling; he built them for it on the inside as an inner sanctuary, even as the most holy place.
17 The house, that is, the nave in front of the inner sanctuary, was forty cubits long.
18 There was cedar on the house within, carved in the shape of gourds and open flowers; all was cedar, there was no stone seen.

Cross References 2

  • 1. 2 Chronicles 3:8
  • 2. Exodus 26:33, 34; Leviticus 16:2; 1 Kings 8:6; Hebrews 9:3

Footnotes 1

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