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1 Kings 6:20-22
New English Translation
1 Kings 6:20-22
New English Translation
20 The inner sanctuary was 30 feet[a] long, 30 feet wide, and 30 feet high. He plated it with gold,[b] as well as the cedar altar.[c] 21 Solomon plated the inside of the temple with gold.[d] He hung golden chains in front of the inner sanctuary and plated the inner sanctuary[e] with gold. 22 He plated the entire inside of the temple with gold, as well as the altar inside the inner sanctuary.[f]
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- 1 Kings 6:20 tn Heb “20 cubits” (this measurement occurs three times in this verse).
- 1 Kings 6:20 tn Heb “with plated gold” (or perhaps, “with pure gold”).
- 1 Kings 6:20 tn Heb “he plated [the] altar of cedar.”
- 1 Kings 6:21 tn Heb “with plated gold” (or perhaps, “with pure gold”).
- 1 Kings 6:21 tn Heb “it.”
- 1 Kings 6:22 tn Heb “all the temple he plated with gold until all the temple was finished; and the whole altar which was in the inner sanctuary he plated with gold.”
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