He prepared the inner sanctuary inside the temple to put the ark of the Lord’s covenant there.
1 Kings 6:20 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised The interior of the sanctuary was nine metres long, nine metres wide, and nine metres high; he overlaid it with pure gold. He also overlaid the cedar altar. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The Holy of Holies was twenty cubits in length, in breadth, and in height. He overlaid it with pure gold. He also overlaid the cedar altar. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible The inner sanctuary was thirty feet in length, width, and height. Solomon overlaid it with pure gold and covered the altar with cedar. Catholic Public Domain Version And the oracle held twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in width, and twenty cubits in height. And he covered and clothed it with the purest gold. Then, too, he clothed the altar in cedar. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Now the oracle was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in height. And he covered and overlaid it with most pure gold. And the altar also he covered with cedar. |
He prepared the inner sanctuary inside the temple to put the ark of the Lord’s covenant there.
Next, Solomon overlaid the interior of the temple with pure gold, and he hung gold chains across the front of the inner sanctuary and overlaid it with gold.
So he added the gold overlay to the entire temple until everything was completely finished, including the entire altar that belongs to the inner sanctuary.
Solomon also made all the equipment in the Lord’s temple: the gold altar; the gold table that the Bread of the Presence was placed on;
He overlaid the temple #– #the beams, the thresholds, its walls and doors #– #with gold, and he carved cherubim on the walls.
Then overlay the supports with gold, and make their rings of gold as the holders for the crossbars. Also overlay the crossbars with gold.
The altar was made of wood, 1.6 metres high and 1.1 metres long. It had corners, and its length and sides were of wood. The man told me, ‘This is the table that stands before the Lord.’
He then measured the length of the room adjacent to the great hall, 10.6 metres, and the width, 10.6 metres. And he said to me, ‘This is the most holy place.’