1 Kings 6:20

And the place of the oracle within was twentie cubites long, and twentie cubites broad, and twentie cubites hie, and hee couered it with pure golde, and couered the altar with cedar.

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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

19Also he prepared the place of the oracle in the mids of the house within, to set the Arke of the couenant of the Lord there.

21So Salomon couered the house within with pure golde: and he shut the place of the oracle with chaines of gold, and couered it with golde.

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Cross References

Exodus 30:1Fvrthermore thou shalt make an altar for sweete perfume, of Shittim wood thou shalt make it.

1 Kings 6:2And the house which King Salomon built for the Lord, was three score cubites long, and twentie broade, and thirtie cubites hie.

1 Kings 7:48So Salomon made all the vessels that perteyned vnto the house of the Lord, the golden altar, and the golden table, whereon the shewbread was,

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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