1 Kings 6:20

And the inmost room was twenty cubits square and twenty cubits high, plated over with clear gold, and he made an altar of cedar-wood, plating it with gold.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

19And he made ready an inmost room in the middle of the house, in which to put the ark of the agreement of the Lord.

21Solomon had all the inside of the house covered with gold, and he put chains of gold across in front of the inmost room, which itself was covered with gold.

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Cross References

Exodus 30:1And you are to make an altar for the burning of perfume; of hard wood let it be made.

1 Kings 6:2The house which Solomon made for the Lord was sixty cubits long, twenty cubits wide and thirty cubits high.

1 Kings 7:48And Solomon had all the vessels made for use in the house of the Lord: the altar of gold and the gold table on which the holy bread was placed;

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 6:16-38

15 And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar, both the floor of the house, and the walls of the ceiling: and he covered them on the inside with wood, and covered the floor of the house with planks of fir. 16 And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house, both the floor and the walls with boards of cedar: he even built them for it within, even for the oracle, even for the most holy place. 17 And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits long. 18 And the cedar of the… Read the whole commentary →

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