# 1 Kings 6:16

> He partitioned off the twenty cubits at the rear of the temple with cedar boards from floor to ceiling to form within the temple an inner sanctuary, the Most Holy Place.

— 1 Kings 6:16, Berean Standard Bible

## On the map

- **Most Holy Place 2** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/most-holy-place-2

## When

- c. 966 BC (dated by the text itself)
- Date source: 1 Kings 6:1 dates the founding of the Temple by the four hundred and eightieth year after the Exodus and by the fourth year of Solomon.

## Who ruled

- **Solomon**, king of Israel, 970-931 BC · Source: 1 Kings 11:42; the annals of Tyre cited by Josephus in Against Apion I

## See also

- 1 Kings 8:6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-kings/8/6
- 2 Chronicles 3:8 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-chronicles/3/8
- Leviticus 16:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/leviticus/16/2
- Hebrews 9:3 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/hebrews/9/3
- Ezekiel 45:3 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezekiel/45/3

Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0.

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-kings/6/16
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-kings/6
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).