1 Kings 6:19 BSB — MannaFest

1 Kings 6:19

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

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

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

3 voices

Bede

Of the Temple of Solomon 1.12.1 (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 …

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

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.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

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.

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וּדְבִ֧יר	u.de.Vir	and an innermost room	H1687 →
בְּתוֹךְ־	be.tokh-	in [the] middle of	H8432 →
הַבַּ֛יִת	ha.Ba.yit	the house	H1004 →
מִפְּנִ֖ימָה	mi.pe.Ni.mah	from within	H6441 →
הֵכִ֑ין	he.Khin	he prepared	H3559 →
לְתִתֵּ֣ן	le.ti.Ten	to put	H5414 →
שָׁ֔ם	Sham	there	H8033 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
אֲר֖וֹן	'a.Ron	[the] ark of	H727 →
בְּרִ֥ית	be.Rit	[the] covenant of	H1285 →
יְהוָֽה׃	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

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.
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.
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.
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.

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