2 Chronicles 3:16

he made chains, as in the oracle R.V. he made chains in the oracle. The words, in the oracle, though found in LXX., are probably a gloss introduced from 1 Kings 6:21 (chains … before the oracle). The Chronicler is here speaking of the outsideof the Temple, having already described the "oracle," i.e. the Holy of Holies, in 2 Chronicles 3:8-14. The Heb. word děbîrwas translated "oracle" because it was supposed to be derived from a word meaning "to speak." It means, however, simply "the hindmost part" of the house (cf. 2 Chronicles 4:20; 2 Chronicles 5:7; 2 Chronicles 5:9).