1Ki 6:16-20 | TSK | e4.org | built them , , ; , ; ; ; ; the oracle The oracle was the sanctuary, or holy of holies, in which there was nothing but the ark of the covenant, including the tables of the law, and into which the high priest alone was to enter but once a year.

‏ 1 Kings 6:16-20

built them 1Kgs 6:5, 1Kgs 6:19-20, 1Kgs 8:6; Exod 25:21-22, Exod 26:23; Lev 16:2; 2Chr 3:8; Ezek 45:3; Heb 9:3

the oracle The oracle was the sanctuary, or holy of holies, in which there was nothing but the ark of the covenant, including the tables of the law, and into which the high priest alone was to enter but once a year.

knops or, gourds, Pekaim, "artificial knops," in the shape of colocynths, or wild gourds, as the word denotes (see note on 2Kgs 4:39); the full-blown flowers of which must have been very ornamental.

open flowers or, openings of flowers, 1Kgs 6:18

the oracle 1Kgs 6:5, 1Kgs 6:16; 2Chr 4:20; Ps 28:2

to set 1Kgs 8:6-10; Exod 40:20-21; 2Chr 5:7; Heb 9:3-4

twenty cubits 1Kgs 6:2-3

pure Heb. shut up

the altar 1Kgs 6:22, 1Kgs 7:48; Exod 30:1-3