King James Version
1 Kings 6:17 in the King James Version says “And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits long.” — study this verse from 1 Kings chapter 6 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits long.”
1 Kings 6:17 · KJV
And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar, both the floor of the house, and the walls of the cieling: and he covered them on the inside with wood, and covered the floor of the house with planks of fir. both: or, from the floor of the house unto the walls, etc
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 the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits long.
And the cedar of the house within was carved with knops and open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen. knops: or, gourds open: Heb. openings of
And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of the LORD.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“cubits”
H520properly, a mother (i.e., unit of measure, or the fore-arm (below the elbow), i.e., a cubit; also a door-base (as a bond of the entrance)
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“And the house”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
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