Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
And he prepared an oracle in the midst of the house inside, to set there the ark of the covenant of LORD.
New American Standard Bible
Then he prepared an inner sanctuary within the house in order to place there the ark of the covenant of the Lord.
King James Version
And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of the LORD.
Holman Bible
He prepared the inner sanctuary
International Standard Version
Solomon also prepared an inner sanctuary within the Temple where the LORD's Ark of the Covenant was placed.
American Standard Version
And he prepared an oracle in the midst of the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of Jehovah.
Amplified
Then he prepared the Holy of Holies within the house in order to put the ark of the covenant of the Lord there.
Bible in Basic English
And he made ready an inmost room in the middle of the house, in which to put the ark of the agreement of the Lord.
Darby Translation
And he prepared the oracle in the midst of the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of Jehovah.
Julia Smith Translation
And the oracle in the midst of the house from within he prepared to give there the ark of the covenant of Jehovah.
King James 2000
And the inner sanctuary he prepared in the house inside, to set there the ark of the covenant of the LORD.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Now [in] the inner sanctuary in the middle of the temple he prepared the inside to place the ark of the covenant of Yahweh there.
Modern King James verseion
And he prepared the Holy of Holies in the house inside, to set there the ark of the covenant of Jehovah.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And the quyre that was within the temple, he prepared to set there the Ark of the covenant of the LORD.
NET Bible
He prepared the inner sanctuary inside the temple so that the ark of the covenant of the Lord could be placed there.
New Heart English Bible
He prepared an oracle in the midst of the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of the LORD.
The Emphasized Bible
And, the shrine in the midst of the house within, made he ready, - for placing there, the ark of the covenant of Yahweh.
Webster
And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of the LORD.
World English Bible
He prepared an oracle in the midst of the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of Yahweh.
Youngs Literal Translation
And the oracle in the midst of the house within he hath prepared, to put there the ark of the covenant of Jehovah.
Themes
Altar » Of incense » In solomon's temple
Holy » Love for prophecies of the rebuilding of » Of holies
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » Solomon
Temple » Solomon's » Description of
Temple » Solomon's » Contents of the holy of holies » The ark of the covenant
Temple » Solomon's » Apartments and furnishings of » The oracle (holy of holies) in
The First Temple » Divided into » The oracle or most holy place
Interlinear
Kuwn
Nathan
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in 1 Kings 6:19
Verse Info
Context Readings
Solomon Builds The Temple For Yahweh
18 And there was cedar on the house inside, carved with knops and open flowers. All was cedar; there was no stone seen. 19 And he prepared an oracle in the midst of the house inside, to set there the ark of the covenant of LORD. 20 And inside the oracle was [a space of] twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height of it. And he overlaid it with pure gold. And he covered the altar with cedar.
Cross References
Exodus 40:20-21
And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the staves on the ark, and put the mercy-seat above upon the ark.
1 Kings 6:5
And against the wall of the house he built stories round about, against the walls of the house round about, both of the temple and of the oracle. And he made side-chambers round about.
1 Kings 6:16
And he built twenty cubits on the hinder part of the house with boards of cedar from the floor to the walls [of the ceiling]. He built [them] for it inside, for an oracle, even for the most holy place.
1 Kings 8:6-10
And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of LORD to its place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubim.
2 Chronicles 4:20
and the candlesticks with their lamps, to burn according to the ordinance before the oracle, of pure gold,
2 Chronicles 5:7
And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of LORD to its place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubim.
Psalm 28:2
Hear the voice of my supplications when I cry to thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.
Hebrews 9:3-4
And behind the second curtain, the tabernacle called the Holy of holies,