1 Kings 6:21 · 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.”
— 1 Kings 6:21
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. {pure: Heb. shut up}
And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until he had finished all the house: also the whole altar that {was} by the oracle he overlaid with gold.
1 Kings 6 — Context
And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of the LORD.
20And 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. {pure: Heb. shut up}
21So 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.
22And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until he had finished all the house: also the whole altar that {was} by the oracle he overlaid with gold.
23And within the oracle he made two cherubims {of} olive tree, {each} ten cubits high. {olive: or, oily: Heb. trees of oil}
Cross References
2 Chronicles 3:7-9
He overlaid also the house, the beams, the posts, and the walls thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved cherubims on the walls.
2 Chronicles 3:14-16
And he made the vail {of} blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubims thereon. {wrought: Heb. caused to ascend}
Exodus 36:34
And he overlaid the boards with gold, and made their rings {of} gold {to be} places for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold.
Exodus 26:32-33
And thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of shittim {wood} overlaid with gold: their hooks {shall be of} gold, upon the four sockets of silver.
1 Kings 6:5
And against the wall of the house he built chambers round about, {against} the walls of the house round about, {both} of the temple and of the oracle: and he made chambers round about: {against the wall: or, upon, or, joining to the wall} {built chambers: Heb. built floors} {made chambers: Heb. made ribs}
Exodus 26:29
And thou shalt overlay the boards with gold, and make their rings {of} gold {for} places for the bars: and thou shalt overlay the bars with gold.