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1 Kings 6:20

1 Kings 6:20 is verse 20 of 1 Kings chapter 6, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

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.

Or with cedar

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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.

World English Bible

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

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1 Kings 6:18–22 · Berean Standard Bible

18 The cedar paneling inside the temple was carved with gourds and open flowers. Everything was cedar; not a stone could be seen.

19 Solomon also prepared the inner sanctuary within the temple to set the ark of the covenant of the LORD there.

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.

21 So Solomon overlaid the inside of the temple with pure gold, and he extended gold chains across the front of the inner sanctuary, which was overlaid with gold.

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.

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Hebrew words

וְלִפְנֵ֣יand <to> before הַדְּבִ֡ירthe innermost room עֶשְׂרִים֩[was] twenty אַמָּ֨הcubit[s]אֹ֜רֶךְlength וְעֶשְׂרִ֧יםand [was] twenty אַמָּ֣הcubit[s]רֹ֗חַבbreadth וְעֶשְׂרִ֤יםand [was] twenty אַמָּה֙cubit[s]קֽוֹמָת֔וֹheight its וַיְצַפֵּ֖הוּand he overlaid it זָהָ֣בgold סָג֑וּרgold plate וַיְצַ֥ףand he overlaid מִזְבֵּ֖חַan altar אָֽרֶזcedar

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

1 Kings 6:2
The house that King Solomon built for the LORD was sixty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high.

1 Kings 6:3
The portico at the front of the main hall of the temple was twenty cubits long, extending across the width of the temple and projecting out ten cubits in front of the temple.

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.

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;

Exodus 30:1
“You are also to make an altar of acacia wood for the burning of incense.

Exodus 30:2
It is to be square, a cubit long, a cubit wide, and two cubits high. Its horns must be of one piece.

Exodus 30:3
Overlay with pure gold the top and all the sides and horns, and make a molding of gold around it.

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