1 Kings 6:17
“And the house, that is, the Temple before it, was fortie cubites long.”
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1 Kings 6:17 Context
15And hee built the walles of the house within with boards of Cedar, both the floore of the house, and the walles of the sieling: and hee couered them on the inside with wood, and couered the floore of the house with plankes of firre. 16And hee built twentie cubites on the sides of the house, both the floore, and the walles with boards of Cedar: he euen built them for it within, euen for the Oracle, euen for the most holy place. 17And the house, that is, the Temple before it, was fortie cubites long. 18And the Cedar of the house within was carued with knops, and open flowres: all was Cedar, there was no stone seene. 19And the Oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there the Arke of the Couenant of the Lord.
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Other Translations for 1 Kings 6:17
And the house, that [is], the temple before it, was forty cubits [long].
- King James Version
The house, that is, the nave in front of {the inner sanctuary,} was forty cubits {long.}
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And the house, that is, the temple before `the oracle', was forty cubits `long'.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And the house, that is, the Temple, in front of the holy place was forty cubits long.
- Basic English Bible
And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits [long].
- Darby Bible
And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits long.
- Webster's Bible
The house, that is, the temple before [the oracle], was forty cubits [long].
- World English Bible
And forty by the cubit was the house, it [is] the temple before [it].
- Youngs Literal Bible
And the house, that is, the temple before the Sanctuary, was forty cubits long.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for 1 Kings 6:17
6:17 House - That is, the holy place. Temple - This is added, torestrain the signification of the word house, which otherwise notes thewhole building. It - The oracle.