17 But the [a]house, that is, the Temple before it, was forty cubits long.

18 And the Cedar of the house within was carved with [b]knops, and graven with flowers: all was Cedar, so that no stone was seen.

19 ¶ Also he prepared the place of the oracle in the midst of the [c]house within, to set the Ark of the covenant of the Lord there.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 6:17 For when he spake of the house in the first verse, he meant both the Oracle, and the Temple.
  2. 1 Kings 6:18 Or, wild cucumbers.
  3. 1 Kings 6:19 That is, in the most inward place of the house.

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