²⁰ The inner sanctuary was twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and twenty cubits high. It was covered in pure gold, as was also the cedar altar.

²¹ Solomon covered the inside of the temple in pure gold. He stretched gold chains in front of the inner sanctuary, and he covered it in pure gold. ²² He covered the entire temple with gold until he had completed the whole temple. He also covered the altar that was in the inner sanctuary with gold.