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1 Kings 6:20

World English Bible

Within the inner sanctuary was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in width, and twenty cubits in its height; and he overlaid it with pure gold; and he covered the altar with cedar.

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1 Kings 6:20 in other translations

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.

1 Kings 6:20 · American Standard Version

1 Kings 6:20 in context

  1. 18There was cedar on the house within, carved with buds and open flowers. All was cedar. No stone was visible.
  2. 19He prepared an inner sanctuary in the middle of the house within, to set the ark of Yahweh’s covenant there.
  3. 20Within the inner sanctuary was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in width, and twenty cubits in its height; and he overlaid it with pure gold; and he covered the altar with cedar.
  4. 21So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold. He drew chains of gold across before the inner sanctuary, and he overlaid it with gold.
  5. 22He overlaid the whole house with gold, until all the house was finished. He also overlaid the whole altar that belonged to the inner sanctuary with gold.