1 Kings 6:16

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

He built a wall 30 feet in from the rear of the temple as a partition for an inner sanctuary that would be the most holy place. He paneled the wall with cedar planks from the floor to the rafters.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 8:6 : 6 The priests brought the ark of the LORD’s covenant to its assigned place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, in the most holy place, under the wings of the cherubim.
  • 2 Chr 3:8 : 8 He made the most holy place; its length was 30 feet, corresponding to the width of the temple, and its width 30 feet. He plated it with 600 talents of fine gold.
  • Heb 9:3 : 3 And after the second curtain there was a tent called the holy of holies.
  • Lev 16:2 : 2 and the LORD said to Moses:“Tell Aaron your brother that he must not enter at any time into the holy place inside the special curtain in front of the atonement lid that is on the ark so that he may not die, for I will appear in the cloud over the atonement lid.
  • Ezek 45:3 : 3 From this measured area you will measure a length of eight and a quarter miles and a width of three and one-third miles; in it will be the sanctuary, the most holy place.
  • 1 Kgs 6:5 : 5 He built an extension all around the walls of the temple’s main hall and holy place and constructed side rooms in it.
  • 1 Kgs 6:19-20 : 19 He prepared the inner sanctuary inside the temple so that the ark of the covenant of the LORD could be placed there. 20 The inner sanctuary was 30 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 30 feet high. He plated it with gold, as well as the cedar altar.
  • Exod 25:21-22 : 21 You are to put the atonement lid on top of the ark, and in the ark you are to put the testimony I am giving you. 22 I will meet with you there, and from above the atonement lid, from between the two cherubim that are over the ark of the testimony, I will speak with you about all that I will command you for the Israelites.
  • Exod 26:23 : 23 You are to make two frames for the corners of the tabernacle on the back.
  • Exod 26:33-34 : 33 You are to hang this curtain under the clasps and bring the ark of the testimony in there behind the curtain. The curtain will make a division for you between the Holy Place and the Most Holy Place. 34 You are to put the atonement lid on 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 finished building the temple.

    15He constructed the walls inside the temple with cedar planks; he paneled the inside with wood from the floor of the temple to the rafters of the ceiling. He covered the temple floor with boards made from the wood of evergreens.

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

    17The main hall in front of the inner sanctuary was 60 feet long.

    18The inside of the temple was all cedar and was adorned with carvings of round ornaments and of flowers in bloom. Everything was cedar; no stones were visible.

    19He prepared the inner sanctuary inside the temple so that the ark of the covenant of the LORD could be placed there.

    20The inner sanctuary was 30 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 30 feet high. He plated it with gold, as well as the cedar altar.

    21Solomon plated the inside of the temple with gold. He hung golden chains in front of the inner sanctuary and plated the inner sanctuary with gold.

    22He plated the entire inside of the temple with gold, as well as the altar inside the inner sanctuary.

    23In the inner sanctuary he made two cherubim of olive wood; each stood 15 feet high.

  • 1 Kgs 6:2-6
    5 verses
    85%

    2The temple King Solomon built for the LORD was 90 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 45 feet high.

    3The porch in front of the main hall of the temple was 30 feet long, corresponding to the width of the temple. It was 15 feet wide, extending out from the front of the temple.

    4He made framed windows for the temple.

    5He built an extension all around the walls of the temple’s main hall and holy place and constructed side rooms in it.

    6The bottom floor of the extension was seven and a half feet wide, the middle floor nine feet wide, and the third floor ten and a half feet wide. He made ledges on the temple’s outer walls so the beams would not have to be inserted into the walls.

  • 1 Kgs 6:8-10
    3 verses
    84%

    8The entrance to the bottom level of side rooms was on the south side of the temple; stairs went up to the middle floor and then on up to the third floor.

    9He finished building the temple and covered it with rafters and boards made of cedar.

    10He built an extension all around the temple; it was seven and a half feet high and it was attached to the temple by cedar beams.

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

    35He carved cherubim, palm trees, and flowers in bloom and plated them with gold, leveled out over the carvings.

    36He built the inner courtyard with three rows of chiseled stones and a row of cedar beams.

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

    29On all the walls around the temple, inside and out, he carved cherubim, palm trees, and flowers in bloom.

    30He plated the floor of the temple with gold, inside and out.

    31He made doors of olive wood at the entrance to the inner sanctuary; the pillar on each doorpost was five-sided.

    32On the two doors made of olive wood he carved cherubim, palm trees, and flowers in bloom, and he plated them with gold. He plated the cherubim and the palm trees with hammered gold.

    33In the same way he made doorposts of olive wood for the entrance to the main hall, only with four-sided pillars.

  • 2 Chr 3:7-8
    2 verses
    79%

    7He overlaid the temple’s rafters, thresholds, walls and doors with gold; he carved decorative cherubim on the walls.

    8He made the most holy place; its length was 30 feet, corresponding to the width of the temple, and its width 30 feet. He plated it with 600 talents of fine gold.

  • 1 Kgs 7:2-3
    2 verses
    79%

    2He named it“The Palace of the Lebanon Forest”; it was 150 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high. It had four rows of cedar pillars and cedar beams above the pillars.

    3The roof above the beams supported by the pillars was also made of cedar; there were forty-five beams, fifteen per row.

  • Ezek 41:3-6
    4 verses
    78%

    3Then he went into the inner sanctuary and measured the jambs of the entrance as 3½ feet, the entrance as 10½ feet, and the width of the entrance as 12¼ feet.

    4Then he measured its length as 35 feet, and its width as 35 feet, before the outer sanctuary. He said to me,“This is the most holy place.”

    5Then he measured the wall of the temple as 10½ feet, and the width of the side chambers as 7 feet, all around the temple.

    6The side chambers were in three stories, one above the other, thirty in each story. There were offsets in the wall all around to serve as supports for the side chambers, so that the supports were not in the wall of the temple.

  • 2 Chr 3:3-5
    3 verses
    78%

    3Solomon laid the foundation for God’s temple; its length(determined according to the old standard of measure) was 90 feet, and its width 30 feet.

    4The porch in front of the main hall was 30 feet long, corresponding to the width of the temple, and its height was 30 feet. He plated the inside with pure gold.

    5He paneled the main hall with boards made from evergreen trees and plated it with fine gold, decorated with palm trees and chains.

  • Ezek 41:15-17
    3 verses
    78%

    15Then he measured the length of the building facing the courtyard at the rear of the temple, with its galleries on either side as 175 feet. The interior of the outer sanctuary and the porch of the court,

    16as well as the thresholds, narrow windows and galleries all around on three sides facing the threshold were paneled with wood all around, from the ground up to the windows(now the windows were covered),

    17to the space above the entrance, to the inner room, and on the outside, and on all the walls in the inner room and outside, by measurement.

  • 1 Kgs 7:6-7
    2 verses
    77%

    6He made a colonnade 75 feet long and 45 feet wide. There was a porch in front of this and pillars and a roof in front of the porch.

    7He also made a throne room, called“The Hall of Judgment,” where he made judicial decisions. It was paneled with cedar from the floor to the rafters.

  • Ezek 41:8-10
    3 verses
    77%

    8I saw that the temple had a raised platform all around; the foundations of the side chambers were a full measuring stick of 10½ feet high.

    9The width of the outer wall of the side chambers was 8¾ feet, and the open area between the side chambers of the temple

    10and the chambers of the court was 35 feet in width all around the temple on every side.

  • Ezek 41:12-13
    2 verses
    76%

    12The building that was facing the temple courtyard at the west side was 122½ feet wide; the wall of the building was 8¾ feet thick all around, and its length 157½ feet.

    13Then he measured the temple as 175 feet long, the courtyard of the temple and the building and its walls as 175 feet long,

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

    11Above the foundation the best stones, chiseled to the right size, were used along with cedar.

    12Around the great courtyard were three rows of chiseled stones and one row of cedar beams, like the inner courtyard of the LORD’s temple and the hall of the palace.

  • 2 Chr 2:9
    74%

    9to supply me with large quantities of timber, for I am building a great, magnificent temple.

  • 1 Kgs 6:38
    73%

    38In the eleventh year, in the month Bul(the eighth month) the temple was completed in accordance with all its specifications and blueprints. It took seven years to build.

  • Ezek 41:20
    73%

    20from the ground to the area above the entrance, cherubim and decorative palm trees were carved on the wall of the outer sanctuary.