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1 Kings 6:22

He plated the entire inside of the temple with gold, as well as the altar inside the inner sanctuary.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Gold;   Temple;   Thompson Chain Reference - Altars;   Solomon;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Gold;   Temple, the First;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Temple;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Censer;   Oracle;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Altar;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Art and Aesthetics;   Temple of Jerusalem;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Israel;   Jerusalem;   Palm Tree;   Solomon;   Temple;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Oracle;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Gold;   Tabernacle;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Altar;   Incense;   Shewbread, Table of;   Temple;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Incense;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
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.
Hebrew Names Version
The whole house he overlaid with gold, until all the house was finished: also the whole altar that belonged to the oracle he overlaid with gold.
King James Version
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.
English Standard Version
And he overlaid the whole house with gold, until all the house was finished. Also the whole altar that belonged to the inner sanctuary he overlaid with gold.
New Century Version
So all the inside of the Temple, as well as the altar of the Most Holy Place, was covered with gold.
Amplified Bible
Then he overlaid the entire house with gold, until the whole house was finished. He also overlaid the entire [incense] altar which was by the Holy of Holies with gold.
New American Standard Bible
He overlaid the entire house with gold, until all the house was finished. Also the entire altar which was by the inner sanctuary he overlaid with gold.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And he ouerlayde all the house with gold, vntill all the house was made perfite. also he couered the whole altar, that was before the oracle, with golde.
Legacy Standard Bible
So he overlaid the whole house with gold, until all the house was finished. Also the whole altar which was by the inner sanctuary he overlaid with gold.
Complete Jewish Bible
The entire house he overlaid with gold until it was completely covered with it. He also overlaid with gold the entire altar that belonged to the sanctuary.
Darby Translation
And the whole house he overlaid with gold, the whole house entirely; also the whole altar that was by the oracle he overlaid with gold.
Easy-to-Read Version
The inside of the Temple was covered with gold, and the altar in front of the Most Holy Place was covered with gold.
George Lamsa Translation
And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until all the house was finished; also the whole altar that was in the sanctuary he overlaid with gold.
Good News Translation
The whole interior of the Temple was covered with gold, as well as the altar in the Most Holy Place.
Lexham English Bible
All of the temple he overlaid with gold until all of the temple was finished; all of the altar which belonged to the inner sanctuary he overlaid with gold.
Literal Translation
And he overlaid all of the house with gold, until all of the house was complete. And he overlaid with gold all of the altar that belonged to the Holy of Holies.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
so that ye whole house was layed ouer with golde. And all the altare also before ye quere ouerlayed he with golde.
American Standard Version
And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until all the house was finished: also the whole altar that belonged to the oracle he overlaid with gold.
Bible in Basic English
Plates of gold were put all through the house till it was covered completely (and the altar in the inmost room was all covered with gold).
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the whole house he ouerlayde with golde vntil he had ended it: also al the aulter that was in the quier he ouerlayde with golde.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until all the house was finished; also the whole altar that belonged to the Sanctuary he overlaid with gold.
King James Version (1611)
And the whole house he ouerlaid with golde vntill he had finished all the house: also the whole Altar that was by the Oracle he ouerlaide with golde.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he covered the whole house with gold, till he had finished gilding the whole house.
English Revised Version
And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until all the house was finished: also the whole altar that belonged to the oracle he overlaid with gold.
Berean Standard Bible
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.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
No thing was in the temple, `which thing was not hilid with gold; but also he hilid with gold al the auter of Goddis answeryng place.
Young's Literal Translation
And the whole of the house he hath overlaid with gold, till the completion of all the house; and the whole of the altar that the oracle hath, he hath overlaid with gold.
Update Bible Version
And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until all the house was finished: also the whole altar that belonged to the oracle he overlaid with gold.
Webster's Bible Translation
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.
World English Bible
The whole house he overlaid with gold, until all the house was finished: also the whole altar that belonged to the oracle he overlaid with gold.
New King James Version
The whole temple he overlaid with gold, until he had finished all the temple; also he overlaid with gold the entire altar that was by the inner sanctuary.
New Living Translation
So he finished overlaying the entire Temple with gold, including the altar that belonged to the Most Holy Place.
New Life Bible
He covered the whole house with gold, until all the house was finished. And he covered the whole altar by the most holy place with gold.
New Revised Standard
Next he overlaid the whole house with gold, in order that the whole house might be perfect; even the whole altar that belonged to the inner sanctuary he overlaid with gold.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
yea, all the house, overlaid he with gold, until he had made all the house into one whole, - even all the altar that was by the shrine, overlaid he with gold.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And there was nothing in the temple that was not covered with gold: the whole altar of the oracle he covered also with gold.
Revised Standard Version
And he overlaid the whole house with gold, until all the house was finished. Also the whole altar that belonged to the inner sanctuary he overlaid with gold.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
He overlaid the whole house with gold, until all the house was finished. Also the whole altar which was by the inner sanctuary he overlaid with gold.

Contextual Overview

15 He constructed the walls inside the temple with cedar planks; he paneled the inside with wood from the floor of the temple to the rafters of the ceiling. He covered the temple floor with boards made from the wood of evergreens. 16 He built a wall 30 feet in from the rear of the temple as a partition for an inner sanctuary that would be the most holy place. He paneled the wall with cedar planks from the floor to the rafters. 17 The main hall in front of the inner sanctuary was 60 feet long. 18 The inside of the temple was all cedar and was adorned with carvings of round ornaments and of flowers in bloom. Everything was cedar; no stones were visible. 19 He prepared the inner sanctuary inside the temple so that the ark of the covenant of the Lord could be placed there. 20 The inner sanctuary was 30 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 30 feet high. He plated it with gold, as well as the cedar altar. 21 Solomon plated the inside of the temple with gold. He hung golden chains in front of the inner sanctuary and plated the inner sanctuary with gold. 22 He plated the entire inside of the temple with gold, as well as the altar inside the inner sanctuary. 23 In the inner sanctuary he made two cherubim of olive wood; each stood 15 feet high. 24 Each of the first cherub's wings was seven and a half feet long; its entire wingspan was 15 feet.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the whole house: It is impossible to calculate this expense, or the quantity of gold employed in this sacred building; but both must have been immense.

also: 1 Kings 6:20, Exodus 30:1, Exodus 30:3, Exodus 30:5, Exodus 30:6, 2 Chronicles 3:7-14

the whole altar: This was the altar of incense without the vail, in the holy place, which was twice the length of the most holy place.

Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 3:5 - the greater Psalms 28:2 - thy holy oracle Ezekiel 41:22 - altar

Cross-References

Genesis 6:3
So the Lord said, "My spirit will not remain in humankind indefinitely, since they are mortal. They will remain for 120 more years."
Genesis 6:4
The Nephilim were on the earth in those days (and also after this) when the sons of God were having sexual relations with the daughters of humankind, who gave birth to their children. They were the mighty heroes of old, the famous men.
Genesis 6:7
So the Lord said, "I will wipe humankind, whom I have created, from the face of the earth—everything from humankind to animals, including creatures that move on the ground and birds of the air, for I regret that I have made them."
Genesis 6:8
But Noah found favor in the sight of the Lord .
Genesis 7:5
And Noah did all that the Lord commanded him.
Genesis 7:9
male and female, came into the ark to Noah, just as God had commanded him.
Genesis 7:16
Those that entered were male and female, just as God commanded him. Then the Lord shut him in.
Genesis 17:23
Abraham took his son Ishmael and every male in his household (whether born in his house or bought with money) and circumcised them on that very same day, just as God had told him to do.
Exodus 40:16
This is what Moses did, according to all the Lord had commanded him—so he did.
Exodus 40:19
Then he spread the tent over the tabernacle and put the covering of the tent over it, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the whole house he overlaid with gold,.... Both the holy place, and the most holy place:

until he had finished all the house; in this splendid and glorious manner:

also the whole altar that [was] by the oracle; the altar of incense, which stood just before the entrance into the oracle, or most holy place:

he overlaid with gold; he overlaid it all over with gold; hence it is called the golden altar, and was an emblem of the excellent and effectual mediation and intercession of Christ, Revelation 8:3. Agreeably to this account Eupolemus, an Heathen writer d testifies, that the whole house, from the floor to the tool, was covered with gold, as well as with cedar and cypress wood, that the stonework might not appear; and so the capitol at Rome, perhaps in imitation of this temple, its roofs and tiles were glided with gold e; a magnificent temple, like this, was at Upsal in Switzerland, as Olaus Magnus relates f.

d Apud Euseb. Praepar. Evangel. l. 9. c. 34. p. 450. e Plin. Nat. Hist. l. 33. c. 3. Vid. Rycquium de Capitol. Roman. c. 16. f De Ritu Gent. Septent. l. 3. c. 5.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The lavish use of the precious metals in ornamentation was a special feature if early Oriental architecture. Recent researches have given reason to believe that two stages of the great temple at Borsippa - now known as the Bits Nimrud - had respectively a gold and a silver coating.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Kings 6:22. The whole house he overlaid with gold — It is impossible to calculate this expense, or the quantity of gold employed in this sacred building.


 
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