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Geneva Study Bible - 1 Kings 6:9

6:9 So he built the {f} house, and finished it; and covered the house with beams and boards of cedar.(f) In Exodus it is called the tabernacle, and the temple is here called the sanctuary and the oracle the most holy place. read more

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Geneva Study Bible - 1 Kings 6:13

6:13 And I will {g} dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel.(g) According as he promised to Moses, Exodus 25:22. read more

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Geneva Study Bible - 1 Kings 6:15

6:15 And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar, both the floor of the house, and {h} 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.(h) Meaning, to the roof which was also sealed. read more

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Geneva Study Bible - 1 Kings 6:17

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. read more

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Geneva Study Bible - 1 Kings 6:19

6:19 And the oracle he prepared in the {k} house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of the LORD.(k) That is, in the most inward place of the house. read more

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Geneva Study Bible - 1 Kings 6:22

6:22 And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until he had finished all the house: also the {l} whole altar that [was] by the oracle he overlaid with gold.(l) Meaning, the altar of incense, Exodus 30:1. read more

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Geneva Study Bible - 1 Kings 6:28

6:28 And he {m} overlaid the cherubims with gold.(m) For the others which Moses made of beaten gold were taken away with the other jewels by their enemies, whom God permitted at various times to overcome them for their great sins. read more

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Geneva Study Bible - 1 Kings 6:32

6:32 The two doors also [were of] olive tree; and he carved upon them carvings of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid [them] with gold, and {n} spread gold upon the cherubims, and upon the palm trees.(n) So that the fashion of the carved work might still appear. read more

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Geneva Study Bible - 1 Kings 6:36

6:36 And he built the inner {o} court with three rows of hewed stone, and a row of cedar beams.(o) Where the priests were, and was thus called in respect to the great court, which is called the porch of Solomon in Acts 3:11 where the people used to pray. read more

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Geneva Study Bible - 1 Kings 6:38

6:38 And in the eleventh year, in the month {p} Bul, which [is] the eighth month, was the house finished throughout all the parts thereof, and according to all the fashion of it. So was he seven years in building it.(p) Which contains part of October and part of November. read more

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