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New Century Version

1 Kings 6:19

Solomon prepared the inner room at the back of the Temple to keep the Ark of the Agreement with the Lord .

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Altar;   Temple;   Thompson Chain Reference - Holy;   Solomon;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Temple, the First;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Oracle;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Temple, Solomon's;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Art and Aesthetics;   Porch;   Temple of Jerusalem;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Israel;   Jerusalem;   Palm Tree;   Solomon;   Temple;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Oracle;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Tabernacle, the;   Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Ark of the Covenant;   Temple;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Engraving and Engravers;   Solomon;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
He prepared the inner sanctuary inside the temple to put the ark of the Lord’s covenant there.
Hebrew Names Version
He prepared an oracle in the midst of the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of the LORD.
King James Version
And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of the Lord .
English Standard Version
The inner sanctuary he prepared in the innermost part of the house, to set there the ark of the covenant of the Lord .
New English Translation
He prepared the inner sanctuary inside the temple so that the ark of the covenant of the Lord could be placed there.
Amplified Bible
Then he prepared the Holy of Holies within the house in order to put the ark of the covenant of the LORD there.
New American Standard Bible
Then he prepared an inner sanctuary inside the house in order to place there the ark of the covenant of the LORD.
Geneva Bible (1587)
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.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then he prepared an inner sanctuary within the house in order to place there the ark of the covenant of Yahweh.
Contemporary English Version
The sacred chest was kept in the most holy place.
Complete Jewish Bible
In the inner part of the house he set up the sanctuary, so that the ark for the covenant of Adonai could be placed 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.
Easy-to-Read Version
Solomon finished the inner room in the back part of the Temple. This room was for the Box of the Lord 's Agreement.
George Lamsa Translation
And the holy place he made in the inner part of the house, to set there the ark of the covenant of the LORD.
Good News Translation
In the rear of the Temple an inner room was built, where the Lord 's Covenant Box was to be placed.
Lexham English Bible
Now in the inner sanctuary in the middle of the temple he prepared the inside to place the ark of the covenant of Yahweh there.
Literal Translation
And he prepared the Holy of Holies in the midst of the house, to place the ark of the covenant of Jehovah there.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
As for the quere, he prepared it on the ynsyde of the house, that the Arke of the couenaunt of the LORDE might be set therin.
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.
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.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the quier that was within the temple he prepared, to set there the arke of the appoyntment of the Lorde.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And he prepared the Sanctuary in the midst of the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of the LORD.
King James Version (1611)
And the Oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there the Arke of the Couenant of the Lord.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And on the heads of the pillars he made lily-work against the porch, of four cubits,
English Revised Version
And he prepared an oracle in the midst of the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of the LORD.
Berean Standard Bible
Solomon also prepared the inner sanctuary within the temple to set the ark of the covenant of the LORD there.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe Salomon made Goddis answeryng place in the myddis of the hows, in the ynnere part, that he schulde sette there the arke of boond of pees of the Lord.
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.
Update Bible Version
And he prepared an oracle in the midst of the house inside, to set there the ark of the covenant of Yahweh.
Webster's Bible Translation
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 oracle in the midst of the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of Yahweh.
New King James Version
And he prepared the inner sanctuary inside the temple, to set the ark of the covenant of the LORD there.
New Living Translation
He prepared the inner sanctuary at the far end of the Temple, where the Ark of the Lord 's Covenant would be placed.
New Life Bible
Then he built the most holy place inside the house, in which to put the special box of the agreement.
New Revised Standard
The inner sanctuary he prepared in the innermost part of the house, to set there the ark of the covenant of the Lord .
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, the shrine in the midst of the house within, made he ready, - for placing there, the ark of the covenant of Yahweh.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he made the oracle in the midst of the house, in the inner part, to set there the ark of the covenant of the Lord.
Revised Standard Version
The inner sanctuary he prepared in the innermost part of the house, to set there the ark of the covenant of the LORD.
THE MESSAGE
The Inner Sanctuary within The Temple was for housing the Chest of the Covenant of God. This Inner Sanctuary was a cube, thirty feet each way, all plated with gold. The Altar of cedar was also gold-plated. Everywhere you looked there was pure gold: gold chains strung in front of the gold-plated Inner Sanctuary—gold everywhere—walls, ceiling, floor, and Altar. Dazzling!
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then he prepared an inner sanctuary within the house in order to place there the ark of the covenant of the LORD.

Contextual Overview

15 The inside walls were covered from floor to ceiling with cedar boards. The floor was made from pine boards. 16 A room thirty feet long was built in the back part of the Temple. This room, called the Most Holy Place, was separated from the rest of the Temple by cedar boards which reached from floor to ceiling. 17 The main room, the one in front of the Most Holy Place, was sixty feet long. 18 Everything inside the Temple was covered with cedar, which was carved with pictures of flowers and plants. A person could not see the stones of the wall, only the cedar. 19 Solomon prepared the inner room at the back of the Temple to keep the Ark of the Agreement with the Lord . 20 This inner room was thirty feet long, thirty feet wide, and thirty feet high. He covered this room with pure gold, and he also covered the altar of cedar. 21 He covered the inside of the Temple with pure gold, placing gold chains across the front of the inner room, which was also covered with gold. 22 So all the inside of the Temple, as well as the altar of the Most Holy Place, was covered with gold. 23 Solomon made two creatures from olive wood and placed them in the Most Holy Place. Each creature was fifteen feet tall 24 and had two wings. Each wing was seven and one-half feet long, so it was fifteen feet from the end of one wing to the end of the other.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the oracle: 1 Kings 6:5, 1 Kings 6:16, 2 Chronicles 4:20, Psalms 28:2

to set: 1 Kings 8:6-10, Exodus 40:20, Exodus 40:21, 2 Chronicles 5:7, Hebrews 9:3, Hebrews 9:4

Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 28:11 - the place 2 Chronicles 3:8 - the most holy 2 Chronicles 29:16 - the inner part

Cross-References

Genesis 6:2
When the sons of God saw that these girls were beautiful, they married any of them they chose.
Genesis 6:3
The Lord said, "My Spirit will not remain in human beings forever, because they are flesh. They will live only 120 years."
Genesis 6:8
But Noah pleased the Lord .
Genesis 6:9
This is the family history of Noah. Noah was a good man, the most innocent man of his time, and he walked with God.
Genesis 6:15
This is how big I want you to build the boat: four hundred fifty feet long, seventy-five feet wide, and forty-five feet high.
Genesis 6:16
Make an opening around the top of the boat that is eighteen inches high from the edge of the roof down. Put a door in the side of the boat. Make an upper, middle, and lower deck in it.
Genesis 8:17
Bring every animal out of the boat with you—the birds, animals, and everything that crawls on the earth. Let them have many young ones so that they might grow in number."
Psalms 36:6
Your goodness is as high as the mountains. Your justice is as deep as the great ocean. Lord , you protect both people and animals.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the oracle he prepared in the house within,.... In the innermost part of the house he fitted up the oracle, or speaking place, from whence the Lord spake and gave answer, to receive what was to be put into it: particularly

to set there the ark of the covenant of the Lord; even the very same that Moses made, Exodus 37:1, for which David had pitched a tent in Zion, 1 Chronicles 15:1, and where it now was; for Solomon made no new ark.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Kings 6:19. The oracle he prepared — See the description of the temple at the end of this chapter. 1 Kings 6:38.


 
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