1 Kings 6:20

18 The cedar paneling inside the temple was carved with gourds and open flowers. Everything was cedar; not a stone could be seen.

19 Solomon also prepared the inner sanctuary within the temple to set the ark of the covenant of the LORD there.

The inner sanctuary was twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and twenty cubits high. He overlaid the inside with pure gold, and he also overlaid the altar of cedar.

21 So Solomon overlaid the inside of the temple with pure gold, and he extended gold chains across the front of the inner sanctuary, which was overlaid with gold.

22 So he overlaid with gold the whole interior of the temple, until everything was completely finished. He also overlaid with gold the entire altar that belonged to the inner sanctuary.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
The inner sanctuary was twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and twenty cubits high. He overlaid the inside with pure gold, and he also overlaid the altar of cedar.
KJV
And the oracle in the forepart was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof: and he overlaid it with pure gold; and so covered the altar which was of cedar.
WEB
Within the inner sanctuary was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in width, and twenty cubits in its height. He overlaid it with pure gold. He covered the altar with cedar.
ASV
And within the oracle was [a space of] twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof; and he overlaid it with pure gold: and he covered the altar with cedar.
DARBY
And the oracle within was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof; and he overlaid it with pure gold; and he overlaid the cedar-wood altar
BLB
And before the face of the inner sanctuary [was] twenty cubits long, and twenty cubits wide, and twenty cubits high. And He overlaid it with pure gold, and he overlaid the altar of cedar.
ÅB
Og foran koret, som var tyve alen langt og tyve alen bredt og tyve alen høyt, og som han kledde med fint gull, satte han et alter og kledde det med sedertre.
OTB
Det innerste rommet målte tjue alen i lengde, tjue alen i bredde, og tjue alen i høyde, og han kledde det med rent gull. Han dekket også alteret med sedertre.
B1930
Og foran koret, som var tyve alen langt og tyve alen bredt og tyve alen høit, og som han klædde med fint gull, satte han et alter og klædde det med sedertre.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 1 Kings 6:22

    So he overlaid with gold the whole interior of the temple, until everything was completely finished. He also overlaid with gold the entire altar that belonged to the inner sanctuary.

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  • Exodus 30:1–3

    “You are also to make an altar of acacia wood for the burning of incense.

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  • 1 Kings 7:48

    Solomon also made all the furnishings for the house of the LORD: the golden altar; the golden table on which was placed the Bread of the Presence;

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  • 1 Kings 6:2–3

    The house that King Solomon built for the LORD was sixty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high.

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