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1 Kings 6:19

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

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

7 notes on this verse

A commentator

Bede

Of the Temple of Solomon 1.12.1 · Written before 735.

The exposition of this has been anticipated to the effect, namely, that the secret inner house of our heavenly homeland designated the ark of the covenant, the Lord our Savior in whom alone we have a covenant of peace with the Father, [our Savior] who …

This site's exposition

So Solomon built the temple and finished it

on 1 Kings 6:14-22

The inner sanctuary is a cube, “twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and twenty cubits high”. The only other space in Scripture given equal length, width and height is the New Jerusalem at Revelation 21:16. The whole house is overlaid with gold “until everything was completely finished”.

This site's exposition

to set the ark of the covenant

The inner sanctuary was prepared for the ark of the covenant that Moses had made, which David kept in a tent on Zion. John Gill and Matthew Henry note that Solomon made everything else new and kept the old ark. Henry reads it as the token of God's unchanging presence.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

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, Exo 37:1, for which David had pitched a tent in Zion, 1Ch 15:1, and where it now was; for Solomon made no new ark.

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

Solomon made every thing new, and more magnificent than it had been, except the ark, which was still the same that Moses made, with its mercy-seat and cherubim; that was the token of God's presence, which is always the same with his people whether they meet in tent or temple, and changes not with their condition.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

The cedar-wood was beautifully embellished with figures in relievo, representing clusters of foliage, open flowers, cherubims, and palm trees. The whole interior was overlaid with gold, so that neither wood nor stone was seen; nothing met the eye but pure gold, either plain or richly chased.

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

The oracle he prepared - See the description of the temple at the end of this chapter, 1Ki 6:38 (note).

The words behind it

11 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וּדְבִ֧ירand an innermost room

    udevirH1687 →16 times

  • בְּתוֹךְ־in [the] middle of

    betokh-H8432 →418 times

  • הַבַּ֛יִתthe house

    habayitH1004 →2046 times

  • מִפְּנִ֖ימָהfrom within

    mipenimahH6441 →13 times

  • הֵכִ֑יןhe prepared

    hekhinH3559 →217 times

  • לְתִתֵּ֣ןto put

    letitenH5414 →2011 times

  • שָׁ֔םthere

    shamH8033 →834 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • אֲר֖וֹן[the] ark of

    ʾaronH727 →202 times

  • בְּרִ֥ית[the] covenant of

    beritH1285 →284 times

  • יְהוָֽה׃Yahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

8 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

1 Kings 8:6Then 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.4 works1 Kings 6:16He 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 worksExodus 40:20–21Moses took the Testimony and placed it in the ark, attaching the poles to the ark; and he set the mercy seat atop the ark.2 works2 Chronicles 5:7Then 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 worksPsalms 28:2Hear my cry for mercy when I call to You for help, when I lift up my hands toward Your holy sanctuary.2 worksHebrews 9:3–4Behind the second curtain was a room called the Most Holy Place,2 works
The other 2 cross-references, with their words ▾
1 Kings 6:5Against the walls of the temple and the inner sanctuary, Solomon built a chambered structure around the temple, in which he constructed the side rooms.2 works2 Chronicles 4:20the lampstands of pure gold and their lamps, to burn in front of the inner sanctuary as prescribed;2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Psalms 28:2

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

    it leads to

    • Psalms 141:2

      May my prayer be set before You like incense, my uplifted hands like the evening offering.

    • Psalms 138:2

      I bow down toward Your holy temple and give thanks to Your name for Your loving devotion and Your faithfulness; You have exalted Your name and Your word above all else.

    • Psalms 140:6

      I say to the LORD, “You are my God.” Hear, O LORD, my cry for help.

    • 1 Timothy 2:8

      Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger or dissension.

    • Psalms 134:2

      Lift up your hands to the sanctuary and bless the LORD!

  • Through

    1 Kings 6:16

    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.

    it leads to

    • 2 Chronicles 3:8

      Then he made the Most Holy Place; its length corresponded to the width of the temple—twenty cubits long and twenty cubits wide. And he overlaid the inside with six hundred talents of fine gold.

    • 1 Kings 8:6

      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.

  • Through

    2 Chronicles 5:7

    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.

    it leads to

    • Exodus 37:6–9

      He constructed a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.

Where this verse is studied

About 1 Kings

The visit of the Queen of Sheba to King Solomon, Sir Edward John Poynter, 1890. Public domain.
The visit of the Queen of Sheba to King Solomon, Sir Edward John Poynter, 1890. Public domain.
1 Kings: the study guide →Read 1 Kings 6 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Bede, Of the Temple of Solomon 1.12.1; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil, The Books of the Kings and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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