KJV King James Version
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.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
1 Kings 6:20
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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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.
WEB World English Bible
Within the oracle was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in its height; and he overlaid it with pure gold: and he covered the altar with cedar.
ASV American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And before the oracle is twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits is its height; and he overlayeth it with gold refined, and overlayeth the altar with cedar.
Surrounding context — 1 Kings 6
17 And the house, that [is], the temple before it, was forty cubits [long].
18 And the cedar of the house within [was] carved with knops and open flowers: all [was] cedar; there was no stone seen.
19 And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of the LORD.
20 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.
21 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.
22 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.
23 And within the oracle he made two cherubims [of] olive tree, [each] ten cubits high.
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וְלִפְנֵ֣יH6440 · pa.nehface: beforeהַדְּבִ֡ירH1687 · de.virsanctuaryעֶשְׂרִים֩H6242 · es.rimtwentyאַמָּ֨הH520 · am.mahcubitאֹ֜רֶךְH753 · o.rekhlengthוְעֶשְׂרִ֧יםH6242 · es.rimtwentyאַמָּ֣הH520 · am.mahcubitרֹ֗חַבH7341 · ro.chavwidthוְעֶשְׂרִ֤יםH6242 · es.rimtwentyאַמָּה֙H520 · am.mahcubitקֽוֹמָת֔וֹH6967 · qo.mahheightוַיְצַפֵּ֖הוּH6823 · tsa.phahto overlayזָהָ֣בH2091 · za.havgoldסָג֑וּרH5462 · sa.garto shutוַיְצַ֥ףH6823 · tsa.phahto overlayמִזְבֵּ֖חַH4196 · miz.be.achaltarאָֽרֶז׃H730 · e.rezcedar
Cross-references
1 Kings 6:2-3And the house which king Solomon built for the LORD, the length thereof [was] threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty [cubits], and the height thereof thirty cubits.Exodus 30:1-3And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: [of] shittim wood shalt thou make it.1 Kings 6:22And 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.1 Kings 7:48And Solomon made all the vessels that [pertained] unto the house of the LORD: the altar of gold, and the table of gold, whereupon the shewbread [was],
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