He built twenty cubits of the rear of the house with boards of cedar from the floor to the rafters, and he built this within as an inner sanctuary, as the most holy place.
1 Kings 6:17 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 The house, that is, the nave in front of the inner sanctuary, was forty cubits long. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits long. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The [rest of the] house, that is, the temple in front of the Holy of Holies, was forty cubits long. American Standard Version (1901) And the house, that is, the temple before the oracle, was forty cubits long. Common English Bible In front of this, the main hall was sixty feet. Catholic Public Domain Version And the temple itself, before the doors of the oracle, was forty cubits. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the temple itself before the doors of the oracle was forty cubits long. |
He built twenty cubits of the rear of the house with boards of cedar from the floor to the rafters, and he built this within as an inner sanctuary, as the most holy place.
The cedar within the house had carvings of gourds and open flowers; all was cedar; no stone was seen.
The great hall he lined with cypress, covered it with fine gold, and made palms and chains on it.
The width of the entrance was ten cubits, and the sidewalls of the entrance were five cubits on either side. He measured the length of the nave, forty cubits, and its width, twenty cubits.