1 Kings 6:19 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of the Lord.”

1 Kings 6:19 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

1 Kings 6:19 in 6 Bible Translations

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1 Kings 6:19 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“He prepared an inner sanctuary in the middle of the house within, to set the ark of Yahweh’s covenant there.”

1 Kings 6:19 — World English Bible

1 Kings 6:19 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“And he prepared an oracle in the midst of the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of Jehovah. ”

1 Kings 6:19 — American Standard Version

1 Kings 6:19 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“And the oracle in the midst of the house within he hath prepared, to put there the ark of the covenant of Jehovah.”

1 Kings 6:19 — Young's Literal Translation

1 Kings 6:19 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“And he prepared the oracle in the midst of the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of Jehovah. ”

1 Kings 6:19 — Darby Translation

1 Kings 6:19 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Also he prepared the place of the oracle in the mids of the house within, to set the Arke of the couenant of the Lord there.”

1 Kings 6:19 — Geneva Bible

1 Kings 6:19 in Context — 1 Kings 6

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

18 And the cedar of the house within was carved with knops and open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen.

19 And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of the Lord.

20 And 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.

21 So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold: and he made a partition by the chains of gold before the oracle; and he overlaid it with gold.

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What Does 1 Kings 6:19 Mean?

1 Kings 6:19 is a verse from the Book of 1 Kings, part of the Old Testament. It appears in 1 Kings chapter 6. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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