1 Kings 6:17 Parallel Translations
NASB: The house, that is, the nave in front of the inner sanctuary, was forty cubits long. (NASB ©1995)
GWT: The 60-foot-long room at the front of the temple served as the main hall.(GOD'S WORD®)
KJV: And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits long.
ASV: And the house, that is, the temple before the oracle , was forty cubits long .
BBE: And the house, that is, the Temple, in front of the holy place was forty cubits long.
DBY: And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits long.
ERV: And the house, that is, the temple before the oracle, was forty cubits long.
JPS: And the house, that is, the temple before the Sanctuary, was forty cubits long.
WBS: And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits long.
WEB: The house, that is, the temple before the oracle, was forty cubits long.
YLT: And forty by the cubit was the house, it is the temple before it.
1 Kings 6:17 Cross References
XREF:1 Kings 6:16 He built twenty cubits on the rear part of the house with boards of cedar from the floor to the ceiling; he built them for it on the inside as an inner sanctuary, even as the most holy place.

1 Kings 6:18 There was cedar on the house within, carved in the shape of gourds and open flowers; all was cedar, there was no stone seen. (NASB ©1995)
Commentaries and Concordances
GSB: 6:17 And the {i} house, that [is], the temple before it, was forty cubits [long].
(i) For when he spoke of the house in the first verse, he meant both the oracle and the temple.
WES: 6:17 House - That is, the holy place. Temple - This is added, to restrain the signification of the word house, which otherwise notes the whole building. It - The oracle.
MHC: 6:15-38 See what was typified by this temple. 1. Christ is the true Temple. In him dwells all the fulness of the Godhead; in him meet all God's spiritual Israel; through him we have access with confidence to God. 2. Every believer is a living temple, in whom the Spirit of God dwells, 1Co 3:16. This living temple is built upon Christ as its Foundation, and will be perfect in due time. 3. The gospel church is the mystical temple. It grows to a holy temple in the Lord, enriched and beautified with the gifts and graces of the Spirit. This temple is built firm, upon a Rock. 4. Heaven is the everlasting temple. There the church will be fixed. All that shall be stones in that building, must, in the present state of preparation, be fitted and made ready for it. Let sinners come to Jesus as the living Foundation, that they may be built on him, a part of this spiritual house, consecrated in body and soul to the glory of God.
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