1 Kings 6:17

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

1 Kings 6:17

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Berean Standard Bible

And the main hall in front of this room was forty cubits long.

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KJV

King James Version

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

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WEB

World English Bible

In front of the temple sanctuary was forty cubits long.

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ASV

American Standard Version

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

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1 Kings 6

¹⁵ He lined the interior walls with cedar paneling from the floor of the temple to the ceiling, and he covered the floor with cypress boards.

¹⁶ He partitioned off the twenty cubits at the rear of the temple with cedar boards from floor to ceiling to form within the temple an inner sanctuary, the Most Holy Place.

¹⁷ And the main hall in front of this room was forty cubits long.

¹⁸ The cedar paneling inside the temple was carved with gourds and open flowers. Everything was cedar; not a stone could be seen.

¹⁹ Solomon also prepared the inner sanctuary within the temple to set the ark of the covenant of the LORD there.

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