1 Kings 6:22
20 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.
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.
23 In the inner sanctuary he made two cherubim, each ten cubits high, out of olive wood.
24 One wing of the first cherub was five cubits long, and the other wing was five cubits long as well. So the full wingspan was ten cubits.
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- BSB
- 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.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- He overlaid the whole house with gold, until all the house was finished. He also overlaid the whole altar that belonged to the inner sanctuary with gold.
- ASV
- And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until all the house was finished: also the whole altar that belonged to the oracle he overlaid with gold.
- DARBY
- And the whole house he overlaid with gold, the whole house entirely; also the whole altar that was by the oracle he overlaid with gold.
- BLB
- And all the house he overlaid with gold, until he had finished all the house. And all the altar that [was] for the inner sanctuary he overlaid with gold.
- ÅB
- Hele huset kledde han med gull fra ende til annen; og hele alteret som hørte til koret, kledde han med gull.
- OTB
- Han kledde hele huset med gull, inntil hele huset var ferdig. Han kledde også hele alteret som var ved det innerste rommet med gull.
- B1930
- Hele huset klædde han med gull fra ende til annen; og hele alteret som hørte til koret, klædde han med gull.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Exodus 30:1
“You are also to make an altar of acacia wood for the burning of incense.
Read in contextExodus 30:3
Overlay with pure gold the top and all the sides and horns, and make a molding of gold around it.
Read in context1 Kings 6:20
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.
Read in context2 Chronicles 3:7–14
He overlaid its beams, thresholds, walls, and doors with gold, and he carved cherubim on the walls.
Read in contextExodus 30:5–6
Make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.
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