1 Kings 6:19
in 1 Kings 6Solomon also prepared the inner sanctuary within the temple to set the ark of the covenant of the LORD there.
BSB
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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This verse in 1 Kings 6
Commentary
7 notes on this verseThe 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
built the house, and finished it
on 1 Kings 6:14-22
The oracle Solomon builds within the house is a perfect cube, twenty cubits in length, breadth and height, overlaid inside with pure gold along with the altar of cedar standing before it. Commentators have long set that cube beside the New Jerusalem of Revelation 21:16, the only other cube given equal length, breadth and height in Scripture, reading the innermost room where God dwelt with Israel as a small pattern of where God will dwell with his people at the end. Between the cube and the outer walls the whole house is overlaid with gold, floor to ceiling, until Solomon had finished all the house.
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 had 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.
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 & Brown1802–1910
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.
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 wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּדְבִ֧יר | udevir | and an innermost room | H1687 → | 16 times |
| בְּתוֹךְ־ | betokh- | in [the] middle of | H8432 → | 418 times |
| הַבַּ֛יִת | habayit | the house | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| מִפְּנִ֖ימָה | mipenimah | from within | H6441 → | 13 times |
| הֵכִ֑ין | hekhin | he prepared | H3559 → | 217 times |
| לְתִתֵּ֣ן | letiten | to put | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| שָׁ֔ם | sham | there | H8033 → | 834 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אֲר֖וֹן | ʾaron | [the] ark of | H727 → | 202 times |
| בְּרִ֥ית | berit | [the] covenant of | H1285 → | 284 times |
| יְהוָֽה׃ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
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.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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 28:2Hear 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!
- Psalms 141:2
Through
1 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.
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.
- 2 Chronicles 3:8
Through
2 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.
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.
- Exodus 37:6–9
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
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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.