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Selected Verse: 1 Kings 6:16 - Strong Concordance

Verse	Translation	Text
1Ki 6:16	Strong Concordance	And he built [01129] twenty [06242] cubits [0520] on the sides [03411] of the house [01004], both [04480] the floor [07172] and the walls [07023] with boards [06763] of cedar [0730]: he even built [01129] them for it within [01004], even for the oracle [01687], even for the most [06944] holy [06944] place.
	King James	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.

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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
The meaning is, that at the distance of 20 cubits, measured along the side walls of the house from the end wall, Solomon constructed a partition, which reached from the floor to the ceiling and had a doorway in it. He thus made within the house, a sanctuary for a holy of holies.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

The meaning is, that at the distance of 20 cubits, measured along the side walls of the house from the end wall, Solomon constructed a partition, which reached from the floor to the ceiling and had a doorway in it. He thus made within the house, a sanctuary for a holy of holies.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
House - That is, the most holy place, which contained in length twenty cubits, which may be said to be on the sides Of the house, because this part took off twenty cubits in length from each side of the house, and was also twenty cubits from side to side, so it was twenty cubits every way. The oracle - the most holy place - The last words are added, to explain what he means by the word oracle, which he had not used before.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]

House - That is, the most holy place, which contained in length twenty cubits, which may be said to be on the sides Of the house, because this part took off twenty cubits in length from each side of the house, and was also twenty cubits from side to side, so it was twenty cubits every way. The oracle - the most holy place - The last words are added, to explain what he means by the word oracle, which he had not used before.

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