1 Kings 6:16

He built twenty cubits on the back part of the house with boards of cedar from the floor to the ceiling. He built them for it within, for an inner sanctuary, even for the most holy place.

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WEBBE

He built twenty cubits of the back part of the house with boards of cedar from the floor to the ceiling. He built this within, for an inner sanctuary, even for the most holy place.

BSB

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.

KJV

And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house, both the floor and the walls with boards of cedar: he even built them for it within, even for the oracle, even for the most holy place.

ASV

And he built twenty cubits on the hinder part of the house with boards of cedar from the floor unto the walls [of the ceiling]: he built [them] for it within, for an oracle, even for the most holy place.

BBE

And at the back of the house a further space of twenty cubits was shut in with boards of cedar-wood, for the inmost room.

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וַיִּבֶן vai·yi·ven and he built H1129 אֶת־ 'et- (marks the object) H853 עֶשְׂרִים 'es·rim twenty H6242 אַמָּה 'a·mah cubit[s] H520 מִיַּרְכְּתֵי mi·yar·ko·tei from [the] innermost parts of H3411 הַבַּיִת ha·ba·yit the house H1004 בְּצַלְעוֹת be·tzal·'ot with boards of H6763 אֲרָזִים 'a·ra·zim cedar(s) H730 מִן־ min- from H4480 הַקַּרְקַע ha·kar·ka' the floor H7172 עַד־ 'ad- to H5704 הַקִּירוֹת ha·ki·rot the walls H7023 וַיִּבֶן vai·yi·ven and he built H1129 לוֹ lo for (the) it H9033 מִבַּיִת mi·ba·yit from inside H1004 לִדְבִיר lid·vir to an innermost room H1687 לְקֹדֶשׁ le·ko·desh to [the] holy place of H6944 הַקֳּדָשִׁים ha·ko·da·shim the holy places H6944

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 15–38

See what was typified by this temple. 1. Christ is the true Temple. In him dwells all the fulness of the Godhead; in him meet all God's spiritual Israel; through him we have access with confidence to God. 2. Every believer is a living temple, in whom the Spirit of God dwells, 1Co 3:16. This living temple is built upon Christ as its Foundation, and will be perfect in due time. 3. The gospel church is the mystical temple. It grows to a holy temple in the Lord, enriched and beautified with the gifts and graces of the Spirit. This temple is built firm, upon a Rock. 4. Heaven is the everlasting temple. There the church will be fixed. All that shall be stones in that building, must, in the present state of preparation, be fitted and made ready for it. Let sinners come to Jesus as the living Foundation, that they may be built on him, a part of this spiritual house, consecrated in body and soul to the glory of God.

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.