1 Kings 6:20

18 And the cedar of the house within was carved with knops and open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen.

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

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.

21 So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold: and he made a partition by the chains of gold before the oracle; and he overlaid it with gold.

22 And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until he had finished all the house: also the whole altar that was by the oracle he overlaid with gold.

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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

    And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until he had finished all the house: also the whole altar that was by the oracle he overlaid with gold.

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  • Exodus 30:1–3

    And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: of shittim wood shalt thou make it.

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  • 1 Kings 7:48

    And Solomon made all the vessels that pertained unto the house of the LORD: the altar of gold, and the table of gold, whereupon the shewbread was,

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  • 1 Kings 6:2–3

    And the house which king Solomon built for the LORD, the length thereof was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits.

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