1 Kings 6:16

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 8:6 : 6 And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto his place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy [place, even] under the wings of the cherubims.
  • 2 Chr 3:8 : 8 And he made the most holy house, the length whereof [was] according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits: and he overlaid it with fine gold, [amounting] to six hundred talents.
  • Heb 9:3 : 3 And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all;
  • Lev 16:2 : 2 And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at all times into the holy [place] within the vail before the mercy seat, which [is] upon the ark; that he die not: for I will appear in the cloud upon the mercy seat.
  • Ezek 45:3 : 3 And of this measure shalt thou measure the length of five and twenty thousand, and the breadth of ten thousand: and in it shall be the sanctuary [and] the most holy [place].
  • 1 Kgs 6:5 : 5 And against the wall of the house he built chambers round about, [against] the walls of the house round about, [both] of the temple and of the oracle: and he made chambers round about:
  • 1 Kgs 6:19-20 : 19 And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of the LORD. 20 And the oracle in the forepart [was] twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof: and he overlaid it with pure gold; and [so] covered the altar [which was of] cedar.
  • Exod 25:21-22 : 21 And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee. 22 And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which [are] upon the ark of the testimony, of all [things] which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel.
  • Exod 26:23 : 23 And two boards shalt thou make for the corners of the tabernacle in the two sides.
  • Exod 26:33-34 : 33 And thou shalt hang up the vail under the taches, that thou mayest bring in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony: and the vail shall divide unto you between the holy [place] and the most holy. 34 And thou shalt put the mercy seat upon the ark of the testimony in the most holy [place].

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Kgs 6:14-15
    2 verses
    88%

    14So Solomon built the house, and finished it.

    15¶ And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar, both the floor of the house, and the walls of the cieling: [and] he covered [them] on the inside with wood, and covered the floor of the house with planks of fir.

  • 1 Kgs 6:17-23
    7 verses
    87%

    17And the house, that [is], the temple before it, was forty cubits [long].

    18And the cedar of the house within [was] carved with knops and open flowers: all [was] cedar; there was no stone seen.

    19And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of the LORD.

    20And the oracle in the forepart [was] twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof: and he overlaid it with pure gold; and [so] covered the altar [which was of] cedar.

    21So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold: and he made a partition by the chains of gold before the oracle; and he overlaid it with gold.

    22And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until he had finished all the house: also the whole altar that [was] by the oracle he overlaid with gold.

    23And within the oracle he made two cherubims [of] olive tree, [each] ten cubits high.

  • 1 Kgs 6:2-6
    5 verses
    85%

    2And the house which king Solomon built for the LORD, the length thereof [was] threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty [cubits], and the height thereof thirty cubits.

    3And the porch before the temple of the house, twenty cubits [was] the length thereof, according to the breadth of the house; [and] ten cubits [was] the breadth thereof before the house.

    4And for the house he made windows of narrow lights.

    5And against the wall of the house he built chambers round about, [against] the walls of the house round about, [both] of the temple and of the oracle: and he made chambers round about:

    6The nethermost chamber [was] five cubits broad, and the middle [was] six cubits broad, and the third [was] seven cubits broad: for without [in the wall] of the house he made narrowed rests round about, that [the beams] should not be fastened in the walls of the house.

  • 1 Kgs 6:8-10
    3 verses
    84%

    8The door for the middle chamber [was] in the right side of the house: and they went up with winding stairs into the middle [chamber], and out of the middle into the third.

    9So he built the house, and finished it; and covered the house with beams and boards of cedar.

    10And [then] he built chambers against all the house, five cubits high: and they rested on the house [with] timber of cedar.

  • 1 Kgs 6:35-36
    2 verses
    83%

    35And he carved [thereon] cherubims and palm trees and open flowers: and covered [them] with gold fitted upon the carved work.

    36And he built the inner court with three rows of hewed stone, and a row of cedar beams.

  • 1 Kgs 6:29-33
    5 verses
    80%

    29And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, within and without.

    30And the floor of the house he overlaid with gold, within and without.

    31And for the entering of the oracle he made doors [of] olive tree: the lintel [and] side posts [were] a fifth part [of the wall].

    32The two doors also [were of] olive tree; and he carved upon them carvings of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid [them] with gold, and spread gold upon the cherubims, and upon the palm trees.

    33So also made he for the door of the temple posts [of] olive tree, a fourth part [of the wall].

  • 2 Chr 3:7-8
    2 verses
    79%

    7He overlaid also the house, the beams, the posts, and the walls thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved cherubims on the walls.

    8And he made the most holy house, the length whereof [was] according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits: and he overlaid it with fine gold, [amounting] to six hundred talents.

  • 1 Kgs 7:2-3
    2 verses
    79%

    2He built also the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length thereof [was] an hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams upon the pillars.

    3And [it was] covered with cedar above upon the beams, that [lay] on forty five pillars, fifteen [in] a row.

  • Ezek 41:3-6
    4 verses
    78%

    3Then went he inward, and measured the post of the door, two cubits; and the door, six cubits; and the breadth of the door, seven cubits.

    4So he measured the length thereof, twenty cubits; and the breadth, twenty cubits, before the temple: and he said unto me, This [is] the most holy [place].

    5After he measured the wall of the house, six cubits; and the breadth of [every] side chamber, four cubits, round about the house on every side.

    6And the side chambers [were] three, one over another, and thirty in order; and they entered into the wall which [was] of the house for the side chambers round about, that they might have hold, but they had not hold in the wall of the house.

  • 2 Chr 3:3-5
    3 verses
    78%

    3Now these [are the things wherein] Solomon was instructed for the building of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first measure [was] threescore cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.

    4And the porch that [was] in the front [of the house], the length [of it was] according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the height [was] an hundred and twenty: and he overlaid it within with pure gold.

    5And the greater house he cieled with fir tree, which he overlaid with fine gold, and set thereon palm trees and chains.

  • Ezek 41:15-17
    3 verses
    78%

    15And he measured the length of the building over against the separate place which [was] behind it, and the galleries thereof on the one side and on the other side, an hundred cubits, with the inner temple, and the porches of the court;

    16The door posts, and the narrow windows, and the galleries round about on their three stories, over against the door, cieled with wood round about, and from the ground up to the windows, and the windows [were] covered;

    17To that above the door, even unto the inner house, and without, and by all the wall round about within and without, by measure.

  • 1 Kgs 7:6-7
    2 verses
    77%

    6And he made a porch of pillars; the length thereof [was] fifty cubits, and the breadth thereof thirty cubits: and the porch [was] before them: and the [other] pillars and the thick beam [were] before them.

    7Then he made a porch for the throne where he might judge, [even] the porch of judgment: and [it was] covered with cedar from one side of the floor to the other.

  • Ezek 41:8-10
    3 verses
    77%

    8I saw also the height of the house round about: the foundations of the side chambers [were] a full reed of six great cubits.

    9The thickness of the wall, which [was] for the side chamber without, [was] five cubits: and [that] which [was] left [was] the place of the side chambers that [were] within.

    10And between the chambers [was] the wideness of twenty cubits round about the house on every side.

  • Ezek 41:12-13
    2 verses
    76%

    12¶ Now the building that [was] before the separate place at the end toward the west [was] seventy cubits broad; and the wall of the building [was] five cubits thick round about, and the length thereof ninety cubits.

    13So he measured the house, an hundred cubits long; and the separate place, and the building, with the walls thereof, an hundred cubits long;

  • 1 Kgs 7:11-12
    2 verses
    75%

    11And above [were] costly stones, after the measures of hewed stones, and cedars.

    12And the great court round about [was] with three rows of hewed stones, and a row of cedar beams, both for the inner court of the house of the LORD, and for the porch of the house.

  • 2 Chr 2:9
    74%

    9Even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which I am about to build [shall be] wonderful great.

  • 1 Kgs 6:38
    73%

    38And in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which [is] the eighth month, was the house finished throughout all the parts thereof, and according to all the fashion of it. So was he seven years in building it.

  • Ezek 41:20
    73%

    20From the ground unto above the door [were] cherubims and palm trees made, and [on] the wall of the temple.