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1 Kings 6:16-18
Lexham English Bible
1 Kings 6:16-18
Lexham English Bible
16 He built twenty cubits from the rear of the house with boards of cedar from the floor up to the ceiling, and he built for it an inner sanctuary on the inside, as the most holy place.[a] 17 The main hall of the temple[b] was forty cubits in front of the inner sanctuary,[c] 18 with the cedar within the inner house having carvings of gourds and buds of flowers. It was entirely of cedar; there was not a stone visible.
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- 1 Kings 6:16 Literally “as the holy place of the holy places.” Often referred to as the Holy of Holies
- 1 Kings 6:17 Or “house”
- 1 Kings 6:17 So LXX supported by the Vulgate. MT has “before me”
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