1 Kings 6:21 BSB — MannaFest

1 Kings 6:21

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.

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ASV

So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold: and he drew chains of gold across before the oracle; and he overlaid it with gold.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

3 voices

Bede

Of the Temple of Solomon 1.12.4 (735)

The gold leaf with which the house was covered is the manifold works of piety that pure love exhibits in the service either of its Creator or of a brother's need. The gold nails with which the gold leaf was attached are the very precepts …

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Before the oracle - In the outward part of the wall, or partition, which was erected between the oracle and the holy place; which is properly said to be before the oracle, there the veil was hung; and there the chains or bars, or whatsoever it was which fastened the doors of the oracle, were placed.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

The house - i. e., the main chamber. The chains of gold - Omit “the.” Their object was to form a barrier between the holy place and the holy of holies.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

The cedar-wood was beautifully embellished with figures in relievo, representing clusters of foliage, open flowers, cherubims, and palm trees. The whole interior was overlaid with gold, so that neither wood nor stone was seen; nothing met the eye but pure gold, either plain or richly chased.

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיְצַ֨ף	vay.Tzaf	and he overlaid	H6823 →
שְׁלֹמֹ֧ה	she.lo.Moh	Solomon	H8010 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הַבַּ֛יִת	ha.Ba.yit	the house	H1004 →
מִפְּנִ֖ימָה	mi.pe.Ni.mah	from within	H6441 →
זָהָ֣ב	za.Hav	gold	H2091 →
סָג֑וּר	sa.Gur	gold plate	H5462 →
וַיְעַבֵּ֞ר	vay.'a.Ber	and he made pass	H5674 →
בְּרַתּוּק֤וֹת	be.ra.ti.kot	with chains of	H7569 →
זָהָב֙	za.Hav	gold	H2091 →
לִפְנֵ֣י	lif.Nei	<to> before	H6440 →
הַדְּבִ֔יר	ha.de.Vir	the innermost room	H1687 →
וַיְצַפֵּ֖הוּ	vay.tza.Pe.hu	and he overlaid it	H6823 →
זָהָֽב׃	za.Hav	gold	H2091 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Kings 6:5
Against the walls of the temple and the inner sanctuary, Solomon built a chambered structure around the temple, in which he constructed the side rooms.
leads to
- 1 Kings 6:16
  He partitioned off the twenty cubits at the rear of the temple with cedar boards from floor to ceiling to form within the temple an inner sanctuary, the Most Holy Place.
- 1 Kings 6:19–21
  Solomon also prepared the inner sanctuary within the temple to set the ark of the covenant of the LORD there.
- Psalms 28:2
  Hear my cry for mercy when I call to You for help, when I lift up my hands toward Your holy sanctuary.
- 2 Chronicles 5:9
  The poles of the ark extended far enough that their ends were visible from in front of the inner sanctuary, but not from outside the Holy Place; and they are there to this day.
- 2 Chronicles 4:20
  the lampstands of pure gold and their lamps, to burn in front of the inner sanctuary as prescribed;
Through
Exodus 26:29
Overlay the frames with gold and make gold rings to hold the crossbars. Also overlay the crossbars with gold.
leads to
- Exodus 25:11–12
  Overlay it with pure gold both inside and out, and make a gold molding around it.

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Where the connections lead

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About 1 Kings