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 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 6:16

And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house
At the end or extremity of it, as the Targum; that is, he built the most holy place, which was twenty two cubits long, at the end of the holy place, which he wainscotted as the other:

both the floor and the walls with boards of cedar;
or from the floor, including that, to the walls on each side, from wall to wall, and taking in them, they were all lined with cedar wood:

he even built [them] for it within, [even] for the oracle, [even] for
the most holy [place];
which explains what building is spoken of, and that the inside of that was covered with cedar from bottom to top.

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

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

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "walls"