1 Kings 6:19

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

The sacred chest was kept in the most holy place.

Cross References

1 Kings 6:16

The most holy place was in the back of the temple, and it was nine metres square. Cedar boards standing from floor to ceiling separated it from the rest of the temple.

1 Kings 6:18

The inside walls were lined with cedar to hide the stones, and the cedar was decorated with carvings of gourds and flowers.

1 Kings 6:20

This room was nine metres long, nine metres wide, and nine metres high, and it was lined with pure gold. There were also gold chains across the front of the most holy place. The inside of the temple, as well as the cedar altar in the most holy place, was covered with gold.

1 Kings 6:5

Along the sides and back of the temple, there were three levels of storage rooms. The rooms on the bottom level were just over two metres wide, the rooms on the middle level were over two and a half metres wide, and those on the top level were just over three metres wide. There were ledges on the outside of the temple that supported the beams of the storage rooms, so that nothing was built into the temple walls.

2 Chronicles 4:20

the lampstands and the lamps that burnt in front of the most holy place,

2 Chronicles 5:7

The priests carried the chest into the most holy place and put it under the winged creatures,

Psalm 28:2

Please listen to my prayer and my cry for help, as I lift my hands towards your holy temple.