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I Kings Chapter 6

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In chapter 6 the king of Israel, Solomon, constructs a great temple for the Lord and the people are instructed to bring offerings and follow the law. The chapter records the dedication of the temple and the presence of the priests, emphasizing the importance of worship and obedience to God.

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(1) And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD.
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Judges 11:26II Chronicles 3:1II Chronicles 3:2I Kings 6:37Numbers 1:1Acts 7:47I Chronicles 29:19Zechariah 6:12Zechariah 6:13Zechariah 6:15John 2:19John 2:20

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Esther 3:7II Chronicles 3:2II Chronicles 29:17Zechariah 1:7II Kings 25:27Genesis 8:5

(2) And the house which king Solomon built for the LORD, the length thereof was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits.
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Ezekiel 40:1Ezekiel 40:2Ezekiel 40:3Ezekiel 40:4Ezekiel 40:5Ezekiel 40:6Ezekiel 40:7Ezekiel 40:8Ezekiel 40:9Ezekiel 40:10Ezekiel 40:11Ezekiel 40:12

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Ezekiel 41:2I Kings 6:20I Kings 7:2II Chronicles 3:3II Chronicles 4:1Genesis 6:15

(3) And the porch before the temple of the house, twenty cubits was the length thereof, according to the breadth of the house; and ten cubits was the breadth thereof before the house.
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I Chronicles 28:11II Chronicles 3:3II Chronicles 3:4Ezekiel 41:15Matthew 4:5John 10:23Acts 3:10Acts 3:11

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Ezekiel 41:2II Chronicles 4:1I Kings 6:20Ezekiel 40:48II Chronicles 3:8I Kings 7:27

(4) And for the house he made windows of narrow lights.
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Song of Solomon 2:9Ezekiel 40:16Ezekiel 41:26

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Ezekiel 41:16Ezekiel 40:16

(5) And 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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I Chronicles 9:26I Chronicles 23:28I Chronicles 28:11II Chronicles 31:11Nehemiah 10:37Nehemiah 12:44Nehemiah 13:5Nehemiah 13:6Nehemiah 13:7Nehemiah 13:8Nehemiah 13:9Song of Solomon 1:4

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Ezekiel 41:6Ezekiel 46:23Ezekiel 27:11Ezekiel 40:16I Chronicles 11:8Ezekiel 40:17

(6) The nethermost chamber was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad: for without in the wall of the house he made narrowed rests round about, that the beams should not be fastened in the walls of the house.
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Ezekiel 41:2Ezekiel 41:12Exodus 27:1II Chronicles 6:13Ezekiel 40:48Ezekiel 41:1

(7) And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither: so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.
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I Kings 5:17I Kings 5:18Deuteronomy 27:5Deuteronomy 27:6Proverbs 24:27Romans 9:23II Corinthians 5:5Colossians 1:12I Peter 2:5Isaiah 42:2Acts 9:31James 1:20

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Ezekiel 41:12Genesis 29:3Exodus 20:25Isaiah 28:16Daniel 2:40Daniel 2:41

(8) The door for the middle chamber was in the right side of the house: and they went up with winding stairs into the middle chamber, and out of the middle into the third.
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Ezekiel 41:6Ezekiel 41:7

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Jeremiah 35:4I Kings 6:6Revelation 8:12Ezekiel 40:13II Samuel 13:10Ezekiel 41:7

(9) So he built the house, and finished it; and covered the house with beams and boards of cedar.
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I Kings 6:14I Kings 6:38

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I Kings 6:15I Kings 6:16I Kings 7:2I Kings 7:3I Kings 6:36

(10) And then he built chambers against all the house, five cubits high: and they rested on the house with timber of cedar.
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Ezekiel 41:2Ezekiel 40:48I Kings 7:2Exodus 27:1Exodus 38:1I Kings 6:24

(11) And the word of the LORD came to Solomon, saying,
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I Kings 1:51I Kings 1:53II Chronicles 9:1

(12) Concerning this house which thou art in building, if thou wilt walk in my statutes, and execute my judgments, and keep all my commandments to walk in them; then will I perform my word with thee, which I spake unto David thy father:
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I Kings 2:3I Kings 2:4I Kings 3:14I Kings 8:25I Kings 9:3I Kings 9:4I Kings 9:5I Kings 9:6I Samuel 12:14I Samuel 12:15I Chronicles 28:9II Chronicles 7:17

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I Kings 3:14I Kings 9:4I Kings 11:38Zechariah 3:7Exodus 15:26II Chronicles 7:17

(13) And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel.
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I Kings 8:27Exodus 25:8Leviticus 26:11Psalms 68:18Psalms 132:12Psalms 132:13Isaiah 57:15Ezekiel 37:26Ezekiel 37:27Ezekiel 37:28II Corinthians 6:16Revelation 21:3

(14) So Solomon built the house, and finished it.
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I Kings 6:9I Kings 6:38Acts 7:47Acts 7:48

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I Kings 9:25II Chronicles 5:1II Chronicles 8:2I Kings 1:51I Kings 1:53II Chronicles 9:1

(15) 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.
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I Kings 6:16I Kings 6:9I Kings 7:7Ezekiel 41:22Psalms 122:7II Samuel 15:30

(16) 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.
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I Kings 6:5I Kings 6:19I Kings 6:20I Kings 8:6Exodus 25:21Exodus 25:22Exodus 26:23Leviticus 16:2II Chronicles 3:8Ezekiel 45:3Hebrews 9:3

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I Kings 6:15I Kings 6:20Ezekiel 41:2I Kings 7:2I Kings 6:2II Chronicles 4:1

(17) And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits long.
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Ezekiel 41:2Exodus 27:1Numbers 35:5II Chronicles 3:11II Chronicles 6:13Ezekiel 40:48

(18) And the cedar of the house within was carved with knops and open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen.
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I Kings 6:29I Kings 6:35I Kings 7:2I Chronicles 22:4I Kings 6:32I Kings 6:36

(19) And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of the LORD.
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I Kings 6:5I Kings 6:16II Chronicles 4:20Psalms 28:2I Kings 8:6I Kings 8:7I Kings 8:8I Kings 8:9I Kings 8:10Exodus 40:20Exodus 40:21II Chronicles 5:7

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Joshua 3:6I Samuel 4:4Genesis 6:14Exodus 40:20Joshua 6:6Joshua 8:33

(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.
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I Kings 6:2I Kings 6:3I Kings 6:22I Kings 7:48Exodus 30:1Exodus 30:2Exodus 30:3

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Ezekiel 41:2II Chronicles 4:1II Chronicles 3:8I Kings 6:2II Chronicles 3:3II Chronicles 3:4

(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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Exodus 26:29Exodus 26:32Exodus 36:34II Chronicles 3:7II Chronicles 3:8II Chronicles 3:9I Kings 6:5Exodus 26:33II Chronicles 3:14II Chronicles 3:15II Chronicles 3:16

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I Kings 6:22Exodus 37:2II Chronicles 3:4I Kings 6:20Exodus 36:34I Kings 6:30

(22) And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until he had finished all the house: also the whole altar that was by the oracle he overlaid with gold.
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I Kings 6:20Exodus 30:1Exodus 30:3Exodus 30:5Exodus 30:6II Chronicles 3:7II Chronicles 3:8II Chronicles 3:9II Chronicles 3:10II Chronicles 3:11II Chronicles 3:12II Chronicles 3:13

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I Kings 6:21Ecclesiastes 12:13Isaiah 1:5Isaiah 3:1Jeremiah 13:11Jeremiah 32:41

(23) And within the oracle he made two cherubims of olive tree, each ten cubits high.
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Genesis 3:24Exodus 25:18Exodus 25:19Exodus 25:20Exodus 25:21Exodus 25:22Exodus 37:7Exodus 37:8Exodus 37:9II Chronicles 3:10II Chronicles 3:11II Chronicles 3:12

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Romans 11:24Ezekiel 41:2I Kings 6:32Isaiah 41:19Ezekiel 17:24Joel 1:12

(24) And five cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the other wing of the cherub: from the uttermost part of the one wing unto the uttermost part of the other were ten cubits.
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II Chronicles 3:11II Chronicles 3:12Ezekiel 41:2Ezekiel 40:48Exodus 27:1Exodus 38:1

(25) And the other cherub was ten cubits: both the cherubims were of one measure and one size.
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II Chronicles 3:11I Kings 6:24Ezekiel 41:2Numbers 35:5Ezekiel 41:18I Kings 6:26

(26) The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was it of the other cherub.
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I Kings 6:24II Chronicles 3:11Ezekiel 41:2II Chronicles 3:12Ezekiel 41:18I Kings 7:23

(27) And he set the cherubims within the inner house: and they stretched forth the wings of the cherubims, so that the wing of the one touched the one wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall; and their wings touched one another in the midst of the house.
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Exodus 25:20Exodus 37:9II Chronicles 3:11II Chronicles 5:8

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II Chronicles 3:11II Chronicles 3:12Exodus 25:20Exodus 37:9I Kings 6:24I Kings 8:7

(28) And he overlaid the cherubims with gold.
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I Kings 6:32

(29) And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, within and without.
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Exodus 36:8II Chronicles 3:14II Chronicles 4:2II Chronicles 4:3II Chronicles 4:4II Chronicles 4:5Psalms 103:20Psalms 148:2Luke 2:13Luke 2:14Ephesians 3:10Revelation 5:11

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I Kings 6:32I Kings 6:35I Kings 6:18Ezekiel 40:16Leviticus 23:40I Kings 7:36

(30) And the floor of the house he overlaid with gold, within and without.
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Isaiah 54:11Isaiah 54:12Isaiah 60:17Revelation 21:18Revelation 21:19Revelation 21:20Revelation 21:21

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(31) And for the entering of the oracle he made doors of olive tree: the lintel and side posts were a fifth part of the wall.
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John 10:9John 14:6Ephesians 3:18Hebrews 10:19Hebrews 10:20

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(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 spread gold upon the cherubims, and upon the palm trees.
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I Kings 6:18I Kings 6:29

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I Kings 6:29I Kings 6:35Ezekiel 41:18Joel 1:12Leviticus 23:40Ezekiel 41:25

(33) So also made he for the door of the temple posts of olive tree, a fourth part of the wall.
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Romans 11:24Revelation 8:12I Kings 6:31Isaiah 41:19Ezekiel 17:24Joel 1:12

(34) And the two doors were of fir tree: the two leaves of the one door were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding.
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I Kings 5:8Ezekiel 41:23Ezekiel 41:24Ezekiel 41:25

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(35) And he carved thereon cherubims and palm trees and open flowers: and covered them with gold fitted upon the carved work.
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I Kings 6:32I Kings 6:29I Kings 6:18Leviticus 23:40Ezekiel 41:18Exodus 10:15

(36) And he built the inner court with three rows of hewed stone, and a row of cedar beams.
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Exodus 27:9Exodus 27:10Exodus 27:11Exodus 27:12Exodus 27:13Exodus 27:14Exodus 27:15Exodus 27:16Exodus 27:17Exodus 27:18Exodus 27:19Exodus 38:9

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(37) In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the LORD laid, in the month Zif:
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I Kings 6:1II Chronicles 3:2

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Esther 3:7I Kings 6:1I Chronicles 27:7Jeremiah 39:2Jeremiah 52:6Ezekiel 1:1

(38) And in the eleventh year, in the month 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.
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Ezra 6:14Ezra 6:15Zechariah 4:9Zechariah 6:13Zechariah 6:14Zechariah 6:15I Kings 6:1I Kings 6:9I Kings 7:1Ezra 3:8Ezra 3:9Ezra 3:10

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