Floor

The flat surface at the bottom of a room or structure where people stand or objects rest.

About Floor

The Hebrew word qarqa‘ in NUM 5:17 describes the unpaved dirt floor of the Tabernacle. We are not told if Solomon’s Temple had paved floors, but since 1KI 6:30 says that he overlaid them with gold, we may assume that they had some kind of paving, either wood or stone.

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Key References

1 Kings 6:15

He lined the interior walls with cedar paneling from the floor of the temple to the ceiling, and he covered the floor with cypress boards.

1 Kings 6:30

And he overlaid the temple floor with gold in both the inner and outer sanctuaries.

Amos 9:3

Though they hide themselves atop Carmel, there I will track them and seize them; and though they hide from Me at the bottom of the sea, there I will command the serpent to bite them.

All Scripture References (6)

Numbers (1)
Numbers 5:17

Then he is to take some holy water in a clay jar and put some of the dust from the tabernacle floor into the water.

1 Kings (4)
1 Kings 6:15

He lined the interior walls with cedar paneling from the floor of the temple to the ceiling, and he covered the floor with cypress boards.

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 6:30

And he overlaid the temple floor with gold in both the inner and outer sanctuaries.

1 Kings 7:7

In addition, he built a hall for the throne, the Hall of Justice, where he was to judge. It was paneled with cedar from floor to ceiling.

Amos (1)
Amos 9:3

Though they hide themselves atop Carmel, there I will track them and seize them; and though they hide from Me at the bottom of the sea, there I will command the serpent to bite them.