1 Kings 6:21

What does 1 Kings 6:21 mean?

A plain-English look at 1 Kings 6:21 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Solomon had all the inside of the house covered with gold, and he put chains of gold across in front of the inmost room, which itself was covered with gold.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And Solomon overlayeth the house within with gold refined, and causeth <FI>it<Fi> to pass over in chains of gold before the oracle, and overlayeth it with gold.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And the house before the oracle he overlaid with most pure gold, and fastened on the plates with nails of gold.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

and Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold, and shut off the oracle in front with chains of gold, and overlaid it with gold.

Context

v.20And within the oracle was a space of twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof; and he overlaid it with pure gold: and he covered the altar with cedar.

v.21This passage

v.22And 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.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Exodus 36:34

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

  • Exodus 26:29

    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.

  • 2 Chronicles 3:14

    And he made the veil of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubim thereon.

  • 1 Kings 6:5

    And against the wall of the house he built stories round about, against the walls of the house round about, both of the temple and of the oracle; and he made side-chambers round about.

  • Exodus 26:32

    and thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of acacia overlaid with gold; their hooks shall be of gold, upon four sockets of silver.

  • 2 Chronicles 3:7

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

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