1 Kings 6:19
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New International Version (©2011)
He prepared the inner sanctuary within the temple to set the ark of the covenant of the LORD there.

New Living Translation (©2007)
He prepared the inner sanctuary at the far end of the Temple, where the Ark of the LORD's Covenant would be placed.

English Standard Version (©2001)
The inner sanctuary he prepared in the innermost part of the house, to set there the ark of the covenant of the LORD.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
Then he prepared an inner sanctuary within the house in order to place there the ark of the covenant of the LORD.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of the LORD.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
He prepared the inner sanctuary inside the temple to put the ark of the LORD's covenant there.

International Standard Version (©2012)
Solomon also prepared an inner sanctuary within the Temple where the LORD's Ark of the Covenant was placed.

NET Bible (©2006)
He prepared the inner sanctuary inside the temple so that the ark of the covenant of the LORD could be placed there.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
He prepared the inner room of the temple in order to put the ark of the LORD's promise there.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And the inner sanctuary he prepared in the house inside, to set there the ark of the covenant of the LORD.

American King James Version
And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of the LORD.

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.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he made the oracle in the midst of the house, in the inner part, to set there the ark of the covenant of the Lord.

Darby Bible Translation
And he prepared the oracle in the midst of the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of Jehovah.

English Revised Version
And he prepared an oracle in the midst of the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of the LORD.

Webster's Bible Translation
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.

Young's 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.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

6:15-38 See what was typified by this temple. 1. Christ is the true Temple. In him dwells all the fulness of the Godhead; in him meet all God's spiritual Israel; through him we have access with confidence to God. 2. Every believer is a living temple, in whom the Spirit of God dwells, 1Co 3:16. This living temple is built upon Christ as its Foundation, and will be perfect in due time. 3. The gospel church is the mystical temple. It grows to a holy temple in the Lord, enriched and beautified with the gifts and graces of the Spirit. This temple is built firm, upon a Rock. 4. Heaven is the everlasting temple. There the church will be fixed. All that shall be stones in that building, must, in the present state of preparation, be fitted and made ready for it. Let sinners come to Jesus as the living Foundation, that they may be built on him, a part of this spiritual house, consecrated in body and soul to the glory of God.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 19. - And the oracle [Heb. an oracle. Heb. דְּבִיר probably from דָּבַר speak. Sc Jerome,oraculum; and Aquila and Symm. χρηματιστήριον. Gesenius, Bahr, al., however, interpret the word to mean the hinder part, adytum] he prepared in the house within [lit. in the midst of the house within, i.e., between the Holy Place and the end structure] to set there [the principal purpose which the oracle served. תִתֵּן = תֵּת with repeated syllable. Cf. 1 Kings 17:14, Ken] the ark of the covenant of the Lord.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the oracle he prepared in the house within,.... In the innermost part of the house he fitted up the oracle, or speaking place, from whence the Lord spake and gave answer, to receive what was to be put into it: particularly

to set there the ark of the covenant of the Lord; even the very same that Moses made, Exodus 37:1, for which David had pitched a tent in Zion, 1 Chronicles 15:1, and where it now was; for Solomon made no new ark.

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The Temple's Interior
…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. …

1 Kings 6:5 Against the walls of the main hall and inner sanctuary he built a structure around the building, in which there were side rooms.
1 Kings 6:18 The inside of the temple was cedar, carved with gourds and open flowers. Everything was cedar; no stone was to be seen.
1 Kings 6:20 The inner sanctuary was twenty cubits long, twenty wide and twenty high. He overlaid the inside with pure gold, and he also overlaid the altar of cedar.
1 Kings 8:6 The priests then brought the ark of the LORD's covenant to its place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, the Most Holy Place, and put it beneath the wings of the cherubim.