5And against the wall of the house he built chambers round about, against the walls of the house round about, both of the temple and of the oracle: and he made chambers round about:
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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 priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto his place, to the oracle of the house, into the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubims:
And they drew out the staves of the ark, that the ends of the staves were seen from the ark before the oracle; but they were not seen without. And there it is unto this day.
And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of the LORD. …
Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-10)Here, I. The temple is called the house of the Lord (1 Kgs. 6:1), because it was, 1. Directed and modelled by him. Infinite Wisdom was the architect, and gave David the plan or pattern by the Spirit, not by word of mouth only, but, for the greater certainty and exactness, in writing ( 1 Chron. 28:11 , 12 ), as he had given to Moses in the mouth a draught of the tabernacle. 2. Dedicated and devoted…
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