1 Kings 6:20

And, the interior of the shrine, was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in height, and he overlaid it, with pure gold,—and overlaid the altar with cedar.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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, the shrine in the midst of the house within, made he ready,—for placing there, the ark of the covenant of Yahweh.

21Thus then did Solomon overlay the house within, with pure gold,—and he drew chains of gold across the front of the shrine, and overlaid it with gold;

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Cross References

Exodus 30:1And thou shalt make an altar, for burning incense, of acacia wood, shalt thou make it:

1 Kings 6:2Now, the house which King Solomon built unto Yahweh, was sixty cubits in length, and twenty in breadth,—and thirty cubits in height.

1 Kings 7:48And Solomon made all the vessels that were in the house of Yahweh,—the altar of gold, and the table of gold, whereon was the presence-bread;

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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