1 Kings 6:16
6:16 He built a wall 30 feet in from the rear of the temple as a partition for an inner sanctuary that would be the most holy place. 1 He paneled the wall with cedar planks from the floor to the rafters. 2
1 Kings 7:50-51
7:50 the pure gold bowls, trimming shears, basins, pans, and censers, and the gold door sockets for the inner sanctuary (the most holy place) and for the doors of the main hall of the temple.
7:51 When King Solomon finished constructing the Lord’s temple, he 3 put the holy items that belonged to his father David (the silver, gold, and other articles) in the treasuries of the Lord’s temple.
1 Kings 8:6
8:6 The priests brought the ark of the Lord’s covenant to its assigned 4 place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, in the most holy place, under the wings of the cherubs.
1 Kings 8:8
8:8 The poles were so long their ends were visible from the holy place in front of the inner sanctuary, but they could not be seen from beyond that point. 5 They have remained there to this very day.
1 tn Heb “He built twenty cubits from the rear areas of the temple with cedar planks from the floor to the walls, and he built it on the inside for an inner sanctuary, for a holy place of holy places.”
2 tc The MT has קְלָעִים (qÿla’im, “curtains”), but this should be emended to קוֹרוֹת (qorot, “rafters”). See BDB 900 s.v. קוֹרָה.
3 tn Heb “Solomon.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“he”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.
4 tn The word “assigned” is supplied in the translation for clarification.
5 tn Heb “they could not be seen outside.”