1 Kings 6:20 BSB — MannaFest

1 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.

BSB

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ASV

And within the oracle was a space of twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof; and he overlaid it with pure gold: and he covered the altar with cedar.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

3 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

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

The fore part - Perhaps “the interior.” And so covered ... - Rather, “and he covered the altar (of incense) with cedar.” The altar was doubtless of stone, and was covered with cedar in preparation for the overlaying with gold. This overlaying was not gilding, but the attachment of thin plates of gold, which had to be fastened on with small nails. Such a mode of ornamentation was common in Babylonia, in Assyria, and in Media.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Forepart - Which was in the inner part of the house, called in Hebrew, the forepart; not because a man first enters there, but because when a man is entering, or newly entered into the house, it is still before him.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

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

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְלִפְנֵ֣י	ve.lif.Nei	and <to> before	H6440 →
הַדְּבִ֡יר	ha.de.Vir	the innermost room	H1687 →
עֶשְׂרִים֩	'es.Rim	[was] twenty	H6242 →
אַמָּ֨ה	'a.Mah	cubit[s]	H520 →
אֹ֜רֶךְ	'O.rekh	length	H753 →
וְעֶשְׂרִ֧ים	ve.'es.Rim	and [was] twenty	H6242 →
אַמָּ֣ה	'a.Mah	cubit[s]	H520 →
רֹ֗חַב	Ro.chav	breadth	H7341 →
וְעֶשְׂרִ֤ים	ve.'es.Rim	and [was] twenty	H6242 →
אַמָּה֙	'a.Mah	cubit[s]	H520 →
קֽוֹמָת֔וֹ	ko.ma.To	height its	H6967 →
וַיְצַפֵּ֖הוּ	vay.tza.Pe.hu	and he overlaid it	H6823 →
זָהָ֣ב	za.Hav	gold	H2091 →
סָג֑וּר	sa.Gur	gold plate	H5462 →
וַיְצַ֥ף	vay.Tzaf	and he overlaid	H6823 →
מִזְבֵּ֖חַ	miz.Be.ach	an altar	H4196 →
אָֽרֶז׃	'A.rez	cedar	H730 →

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1 Kings 6:22
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.
leads to
- Exodus 30:3
  Overlay with pure gold the top and all the sides and horns, and make a molding of gold around it.
- Exodus 30:1
  “You are also to make an altar of acacia wood for the burning of incense.
- 2 Chronicles 3:7–14
  He overlaid its beams, thresholds, walls, and doors with gold, and he carved cherubim on the walls.
Through
1 Kings 7:48
Solomon also made all the furnishings for the house of the LORD: the golden altar; the golden table on which was placed the Bread of the Presence;
leads to
- Exodus 37:10–16
  He also made the table of acacia wood two cubits long, a cubit wide, and a cubit and a half high.
- 2 Chronicles 4:8
  Additionally, he made ten tables and placed them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north. He also made a hundred gold bowls.
- Exodus 39:36
  the table with all its utensils and the Bread of the Presence;
- Malachi 1:12
  “But you profane it when you say, ‘The table of the Lord is defiled, and as for its fruit, its food is contemptible.’
- Ezekiel 41:22
  There was an altar of wood three cubits high and two cubits square. Its corners, base, and sides were of wood. And the man told me, “This is the table that is before the…

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Where the connections lead

Commentary

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The walk

Related verses

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About 1 Kings