1 Kings 6:22

What does 1 Kings 6:22 mean?

A plain-English look at 1 Kings 6:22 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And 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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until he had finished all the house: also the whole altar that was by the oracle he overlaid with gold.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And 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.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Plates of gold were put all through the house till it was covered completely (and the altar in the inmost room was all covered with gold).

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And the whole of the house he hath overlaid with gold, till the completion of all the house; and the whole of the altar that the oracle hath, he hath overlaid with gold.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And there was nothing in the temple that was not covered with gold: the whole altar of the oracle he covered also with gold.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And the whole house he overlaid with gold, the whole house entirely; also the whole altar that was by the oracle he overlaid with gold.

Context

v.21So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold: and he drew chains of gold across before the oracle; and he overlaid it with gold.

v.22This passage

v.23And in the oracle he made two cherubim of olive-wood, each ten cubits high.

Cross references

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

  • Exodus 30:1

    And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: of acacia wood shalt thou make it.

  • 1 Kings 6:20

    And 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.

  • Exodus 30:3

    And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, the top thereof, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns thereof; and thou shalt make unto it a crown of gold round about.

  • Exodus 30:5

    And thou shalt make the staves of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold.

  • 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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