1 Kings 6:21

So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold: and he made a partition by the chains of gold before the oracle; and he overlaid it with gold.

So Solomon {H8010} overlaid {H6823} the house {H1004} within {H6441} with pure {H5462} gold {H2091}: and he made a partition {H5674} by the chains {H7572}{H7572} of gold {H2091} before {H6440} the oracle {H1687}; and he overlaid {H6823} it with gold {H2091}.

Shlomo overlaid the interior of the house with pure gold and had chains of gold placed before the sanctuary, which itself he overlaid with gold.

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.

So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold: and he drew chains of gold across before the oracle; and he overlaid it with gold.

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Cross-References

  • Exodus 26:32 (2 votes)

    And thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of shittim [wood] overlaid with gold: their hooks [shall be of] gold, upon the four sockets of silver.

  • Exodus 26:33 (2 votes)

    And thou shalt hang up the vail under the taches, that thou mayest bring in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony: and the vail shall divide unto you between the holy [place] and the most holy.

  • Exodus 36:34 (2 votes)

    And he overlaid the boards with gold, and made their rings [of] gold [to be] places for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold.

  • Exodus 26:29 (2 votes)

    And thou shalt overlay the boards with gold, and make their rings [of] gold [for] places for the bars: and thou shalt overlay the bars with gold.

  • 1 Kings 6:5 (2 votes)

    And against the wall of the house he built chambers round about, [against] the walls of the house round about, [both] of the temple and of the oracle: and he made chambers round about:

  • 2 Chronicles 3:7 (2 votes)

    He overlaid also the house, the beams, the posts, and the walls thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved cherubims on the walls.

  • 2 Chronicles 3:9 (2 votes)

    And the weight of the nails [was] fifty shekels of gold. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold.