17The house, that is, the temple before the oracle, was forty cubits long.


In Context

14 So Solomon built the house, and finished it.

15 He built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar: from the floor of the house to the walls of the ceiling, he covered them on the inside with wood; and he covered the floor of the house with boards of fir.

16 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.

17 The house, that is, the temple before the oracle, was forty cubits long.

18 There was cedar on the house within, carved with buds and open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen.

19 He prepared an oracle in the midst of the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of Yahweh.

1 Kings 6:17 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

6:17The main hall in front of this room was forty cubits long.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:17And the house, that [is,] the temple before it, was forty cubits [long. ]

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

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

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

6:17And the house, that is, the temple before the oracle , was forty cubits long .

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:17And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits long.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

6:17And the house, that is, the temple before the oracle, was forty cubits long.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:17And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits long.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

6:17And forty by the cubit was the house, it is the temple before it.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:17And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits long.