And he made the oracle in the midst of the house, in the inner part, to set there the ark of the covenant of the Lord.

And the oracle in the midst of the house within he hath prepared, to put there the ark of the covenant of Jehovah.

And he made ready an inmost room in the middle of the house, in which to put the ark of the agreement of the Lord.

And he prepared the Sanctuary in the midst of the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of the LORD.

Now he made the oracle in the middle of the house, in the inner part, so that he might station the ark of the covenant of the Lord there.

The oracle he prepared - See the description of the temple at the end of this chapter, 1-Kings 6:38 (note).

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.

And the oracle he prepared in the house within,.... In the innermost part of the house he fitted up the oracle, or speaking place, from whence the Lord spake and gave answer, to receive what was to be put into it: particularly
to set there the ark of the covenant of the Lord; even the very same that Moses made, Exodus 37:1, for which David had pitched a tent in Zion, 1-Chronicles 15:1, and where it now was; for Solomon made no new ark.

"And (= namely) he prepared a hinder room in the house within, to place the ark of the covenant of Jehovah there." תתּן, as 1-Kings 17:14 shows, is not a future (ut reponeres), but the infinitive תּת with a repeated syllable תן (see Ewald, 238, c.).

Prepared - That is, adorned and fitted it for the receipt of the ark. Solomon made every thing new, but the ark. That with its mercy seat was still the same that Moses made. This was the token of God's presence, which is with his people, whether they meet in tent or temple, and changes not with their condition.