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19 Then he prepared the Holy of Holies within the house in order to put the ark of the covenant of the Lord there. 20 The Holy of Holies was twenty cubits in length, twenty cubits in width, and twenty cubits in height (a cube), and he overlaid it with pure gold. He also overlaid the cedar altar [with gold]. 21 Solomon overlaid the interior of the house with pure gold, and he drew [a]chains of gold across the front of the Holy of Holies (inner sanctuary), and he overlaid it with gold.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 6:21 The purpose of the chains may have been to hold the veil or curtain.

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