1 Kings 6:16
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And he built up twenty cubits with boards of cedar at the hinder part of the temple, from the floor to the top: and made the inner house of the oracle to be the holy of holies.

Hebrews 9:3
And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holy of Holies:

Exodus 26:33
And the veil shall be hanged on with rings, and within it thou shalt put the ark of the testimony, and the sanctuary and the holy of the holies shall be divided with it.

Exodus 26:34
And thou shalt set the propitiatory upon the ark of the testimony, in the holy of holies.

Leviticus 16:2
And he commanded him, saying: Speak to Aaron thy brother, that he enter not at all into the sanctuary, which is within the veil before the propitiatory, with which the ark is covered, lest he die, (for I will appear in a cloud over the oracle),

1 Kings 6:5
And upon the wall of the temple, he built floors round about, in the walls of the house, round about the temple and the oracle, and he made chambers in the sides round about.

1 Kings 6:17
And the temple itself, before the doors of the oracle, was forty cubits long.

1 Kings 7:7
He made also the porch of the throne wherein is the seat of judgment; and covered it with cedar wood from the floor to the top.

1 Kings 8:6
And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the Lord into its place, into the oracle of the temple, into the holy of holies, under the wings of the cherubims.

2 Chronicles 3:8
He made also the house of the holy of holies: the length of it according to the breadth of the temple, twenty cubits, and the breadth of it in like manner twenty cubits: and he overlaid it with plates of gold, amounting to about six hundred talents.

Ezekiel 41:4
And he measured the length thereof twenty cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits, before the face of the temple: and he said to me: This is the holy of holies.

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And he built up twenty cubits with boards of cedar at the hinder part of the temple, from the floor to the top: and made the inner house of the oracle to be the holy of holies.

built them

1 Kings 6:5,19,20 And upon the wall of the temple, he built floors round about, in the walls of the house, round about the temple and the oracle, and he made chambers in the sides round about. . . .

1 Kings 8:6 And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the Lord into its place, into the oracle of the temple, into the holy of holies, under the wings of the cherubims.

Exodus 25:21,22 In which thou shalt put the testimony that I will give thee. . . .

Exodus 26:23 And again other two which shall be erected in the corners at the back of the tabernacle.

Leviticus 16:2 And he commanded him, saying: Speak to Aaron thy brother, that he enter not at all into the sanctuary, which is within the veil before the propitiatory, with which the ark is covered, lest he die, (for I will appear in a cloud over the oracle),

2 Chronicles 3:8 He made also the house of the holy of holies: the length of it according to the breadth of the temple, twenty cubits, and the breadth of it in like manner twenty cubits: and he overlaid it with plates of gold, amounting to about six hundred talents.

Ezekiel 45:3 And with this measure thou shalt measure the length of five and twenty thousand, and the breadth of ten thousand, and in it shall be the temple and the holy of holies.

Hebrews 9:3 And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holy of Holies:

Context
The Temple's Interior
15And he built the walls of the house on the inside, with boards of cedar, from the floor of the house to the top of the walls, and to the roofs, he covered it with boards of cedar on the inside: and he covered the floor of the house with planks of fir. 16And he built up twenty cubits with boards of cedar at the hinder part of the temple, from the floor to the top: and made the inner house of the oracle to be the holy of holies.17And the temple itself, before the doors of the oracle, was forty cubits long.…
Lexicon
He partitioned off
וַיִּבֶן֩ (way·yi·ḇen)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1129: To build

the twenty
עֶשְׂרִ֨ים (‘eś·rîm)
Number - common plural
Strong's Hebrew 6242: Twenty, twentieth

cubits
אַמָּ֜ה (’am·māh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 520: A mother, a cubit, a door-base

at
מִן־ (min-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 4480: A part of, from, out of

the rear
מִֽיַּרְכְּתֵ֤י (mî·yar·kə·ṯê)
Preposition-m | Noun - fdc
Strong's Hebrew 3411: Flank, side, extreme parts, recesses

of the temple
הַבַּ֙יִת֙ (hab·ba·yiṯ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1004: A house

with cedar
אֲרָזִ֔ים (’ă·rā·zîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 730: A cedar tree

boards
בְּצַלְע֣וֹת (bə·ṣal·‘ō·wṯ)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 6763: A rib, a side, a, timber, plank

from floor
הַקַּרְקַ֖ע (haq·qar·qa‘)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7172: Floor, of a, building, the sea

to
עַד־ (‘aḏ-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while

ceiling
הַקִּיר֑וֹת (haq·qî·rō·wṯ)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7023: A wall

to form
וַיִּ֤בֶן (way·yi·ḇen)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1129: To build

within [the temple]
מִבַּ֣יִת (mib·ba·yiṯ)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1004: A house

and inner sanctuary,
לִדְבִ֔יר (liḏ·ḇîr)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1687: Perhaps (a place of) speaking (the innermost room of Solomon's temple)

the Most Holy Place.
לְקֹ֖דֶשׁ (lə·qō·ḏeš)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 6944: A sacred place, thing, sanctity


Additional Translations
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.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.

And he built twenty cubits on the hinder part of the house with boards of cedar from the floor unto the walls of the ceiling : he built them for it within, for an oracle, even for the most holy place.

And he built the twenty cubits from the top of the wall, one side from the floor to the beams, and he made it from the oracle to the most holy place.

And he built twenty cubits of the innermost part of the house, both floor and walls, with boards of cedar; and he built [them] for it within, to [be] the oracle, the most holy place.

And he built twenty cubits on the hinder part of the house with boards of cedar from the floor unto the walls: he even built them for it within, for an oracle, even for the most holy place.

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.

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 within, for an oracle, even for the most holy place.

And he buildeth the twenty cubits on the sides of the house with ribs of cedar, from the floor unto the walls; and he buildeth for it within, for the oracle, for the holy of holies.
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