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He also overlaid with gold the altar that belonged to the inner sanctuary.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/1_kings/6.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />So he finished overlaying the entire Temple with gold, including the altar that belonged to the Most Holy Place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/1_kings/6.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And he overlaid the whole house with gold, until all the house was finished. Also the whole altar that belonged to the inner sanctuary he overlaid with gold.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/1_kings/6.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />So he overlaid with gold the whole interior of the temple, until everything was completely finished. He also overlaid with gold the entire altar that belonged to the inner sanctuary.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/1_kings/6.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until he had finished all the house: also the whole altar that <i>was</i> by the oracle he overlaid with gold.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/1_kings/6.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />The whole temple he overlaid with gold, until he had finished all the temple; also he overlaid with gold the entire altar that <i>was</i> by the inner sanctuary.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/1_kings/6.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />He overlaid the entire house with gold, until all the house was finished. Also the entire altar which was by the inner sanctuary he overlaid with gold.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/1_kings/6.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />He overlaid the whole house with gold, until all the house was finished. Also the whole altar which was by the inner sanctuary he overlaid with gold.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/1_kings/6.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And he overlaid the whole house with gold, until all the house was finished. Also the whole altar which was by the inner sanctuary he overlaid with gold.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/1_kings/6.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />So he overlaid the whole house with gold, until all the house was finished. Also the whole altar which was by the inner sanctuary he overlaid with gold.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/1_kings/6.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Then he overlaid the entire house with gold, until the whole house was finished. He also overlaid the entire [incense] altar which was by the Holy of Holies with gold.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/1_kings/6.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />So he added the gold overlay to the entire temple until everything was completely finished, including the entire altar that belongs to the inner sanctuary.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/1_kings/6.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />So he added the gold overlay to the entire temple until everything was completely finished, including the entire altar that belongs to the inner sanctuary. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/1_kings/6.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/1_kings/6.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/1_kings/6.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />He covered the entire inside of the temple with gold. He also covered the entire altar in the inner room with gold.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/1_kings/6.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The whole interior of the Temple was covered with gold, as well as the altar in the Most Holy Place. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/1_kings/6.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />He finished the Temple by overlaying it entirely with gold, including overlaying with gold the whole altar that was by the inner sanctuary.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/1_kings/6.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />So he overlaid with gold the whole interior of the temple, until everything was completely finished. He also overlaid with gold the entire altar that belonged to the inner sanctuary.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/1_kings/6.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />He plated the entire inside of the temple with gold, as well as the altar inside the inner sanctuary. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/1_kings/6.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />The whole house he overlaid with gold, until all the house was finished: also the whole altar that belonged to the inner sanctuary he overlaid with gold.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/1_kings/6.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/1_kings/6.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />He overlaid the whole house with gold, until all the house was finished. He also overlaid the whole altar that belonged to the inner sanctuary with gold. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/1_kings/6.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And he has overlaid the whole of the house with gold, until the completion of all the house; and the whole of the altar that the oracle has, he has overlaid with gold.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/1_kings/6.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/1_kings/6.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And all the house he overlaid with gold even till he completed all the house: and all the altar which was to the oracle he overlaid with gold.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/1_kings/6.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And there was nothing in the temple that was not covered with gold: the whole altar of the oracle he covered also with gold. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/1_kings/6.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And there was nothing in the temple that was not covered with gold. Moreover, the entire altar of the oracle he overlaid with gold.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/1_kings/6.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />He covered the whole house with gold, until the whole house was done, and the whole altar that belonged to the inner sanctuary he covered with gold.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/1_kings/6.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Next he overlaid the whole house with gold, in order that the whole house might be perfect; even the whole altar that belonged to the inner sanctuary he overlaid with gold.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/1_kings/6.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until all the house was finished; also the whole altar that was in the sanctuary he overlaid with gold.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/1_kings/6.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And the entire house he covered with gold until he had finished the entire house and all the altar of the Holy Place in a layer of gold.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/1_kings/6.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until all the house was finished; also the whole altar that belonged to the Sanctuary he overlaid with gold.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/1_kings/6.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And he covered the whole house with gold, till he had finished <i>gilding</i> the whole house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/1_kings/6-22.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xx9A0AxPaoQ?start=2149" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/1_kings/6.htm">The Temple's Interior</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">21</span>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. <span class="reftext">22</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6823.htm" title="6823: ṣip·pāh (V-Piel-Perf-3ms) -- To lay out, lay over. A primitive root; to sheet over.">So he overlaid</a> <a href="/hebrew/2091.htm" title="2091: zā·hāḇ (N-ms) -- Gold. From an unused root meaning to shimmer; gold, figuratively, something gold-colored, as oil, a clear sky.">with gold</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">the whole interior</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: hab·ba·yiṯ (Art:: N-ms) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">of the temple,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5704.htm" title="5704: ‘aḏ- (Prep) -- As far as, even to, up to, until, while. Properly, the same as ad; as far as, whether of space or time or degree.">until</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">everything</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: hab·bā·yiṯ (Art:: N-ms) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house."></a> <a href="/hebrew/8552.htm" title="8552: tōm (V-Qal-Inf) -- A primitive root; to complete, in a good or a bad sense, literal, or figurative, transitive or intransitive.">was completely finished.</a> <a href="/hebrew/6823.htm" title="6823: ṣip·pāh (V-Piel-Perf-3ms) -- To lay out, lay over. A primitive root; to sheet over.">He also overlaid</a> <a href="/hebrew/2091.htm" title="2091: zā·hāḇ (N-ms) -- Gold. From an unused root meaning to shimmer; gold, figuratively, something gold-colored, as oil, a clear sky.">with gold</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: wə·ḵāl (Conj-w:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">the entire</a> <a href="/hebrew/4196.htm" title="4196: ham·miz·bê·aḥ (Art:: N-ms) -- An altar. From zabach; an altar.">altar</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ăšer- (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">that belonged to</a> <a href="/hebrew/1687.htm" title="1687: lad·də·ḇîr (Prep-l, Art:: N-ms) -- Or dbir; from dabar; the shrine or innermost part of the sanctuary.">the inner sanctuary.</a> </span><div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/25-11.htm">Exodus 25:11</a></span><br />Overlay it with pure gold both inside and out, and make a gold molding around it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/37-2.htm">Exodus 37:2</a></span><br />He overlaid it with pure gold, both inside and out, and made a gold molding around it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/3-4.htm">2 Chronicles 3:4-10</a></span><br />The portico at the front, extending across the width of the temple, was twenty cubits long and twenty cubits high. He overlaid the inside with pure gold. / He paneled the main room with cypress, which he overlaid with fine gold and decorated with palm trees and chains. / He adorned the temple with precious stones for beauty, and its gold was from Parvaim. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/4-19.htm">2 Chronicles 4:19-22</a></span><br />Solomon also made all the furnishings for the house of God: the golden altar; the tables on which was placed the Bread of the Presence; / the lampstands of pure gold and their lamps, to burn in front of the inner sanctuary as prescribed; / the flowers, lamps, and tongs of gold—of purest gold; ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/9-4.htm">Hebrews 9:4</a></span><br />containing the golden altar of incense and the gold-covered ark of the covenant. Inside the ark were the gold jar of manna, Aaron’s staff that had budded, and the stone tablets of the covenant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/30-3.htm">Exodus 30:3</a></span><br />Overlay with pure gold the top and all the sides and horns, and make a molding of gold around it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/3-8.htm">2 Chronicles 3:8</a></span><br />Then he made the Most Holy Place; its length corresponded to the width of the temple—twenty cubits long and twenty cubits wide. And he overlaid the inside with six hundred talents of fine gold.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/3-7.htm">2 Chronicles 3:7</a></span><br />He overlaid its beams, thresholds, walls, and doors with gold, and he carved cherubim on the walls.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/4-20.htm">2 Chronicles 4:20-22</a></span><br />the lampstands of pure gold and their lamps, to burn in front of the inner sanctuary as prescribed; / the flowers, lamps, and tongs of gold—of purest gold; / the wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, ladles, and censers of pure gold; and the gold doors of the temple: the inner doors to the Most Holy Place as well as the doors of the main hall.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/25-24.htm">Exodus 25:24</a></span><br />Overlay it with pure gold and make a gold molding around it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/37-11.htm">Exodus 37:11</a></span><br />He overlaid it with pure gold and made a gold molding around it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/7-48.htm">1 Kings 7:48-50</a></span><br />Solomon also made all the furnishings for the house of the LORD: the golden altar; the golden table on which was placed the Bread of the Presence; / the lampstands of pure gold in front of the inner sanctuary, five on the right side and five on the left; the gold flowers, lamps, and tongs; / the pure gold basins, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, ladles, and censers; and the gold hinges for the doors of the inner temple (that is, the Most Holy Place) as well as for the doors of the main hall of the temple.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/5-1.htm">2 Chronicles 5:1</a></span><br />So all the work that Solomon had performed for the house of the LORD was completed. Then Solomon brought in the items his father David had dedicated—the silver, the gold, and all the furnishings—and he placed them in the treasuries of the house of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/25-17.htm">Exodus 25:17-21</a></span><br />And you are to construct a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide. / Make two cherubim of hammered gold at the ends of the mercy seat, / one cherub on one end and one on the other, all made from one piece of gold. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/37-6.htm">Exodus 37:6-9</a></span><br />He constructed a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide. / He made two cherubim of hammered gold at the ends of the mercy seat, / one cherub on one end and one on the other, all made from one piece of gold. ...</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">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.</p><p class="hdg">also</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/6-20.htm">1 Kings 6:20</a></b></br> And the oracle in the forepart <i>was</i> twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof: and he overlaid it with pure gold; and <i>so</i> covered the altar <i>which was of</i> cedar.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/30-1.htm">Exodus 30:1,3,5,6</a></b></br> And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: <i>of</i> shittim wood shalt thou make it… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_chronicles/3-7.htm">2 Chronicles 3:7</a></b></br> 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.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_kings/6-20.htm">Altar</a> <a href="/1_kings/4-10.htm">Belonged</a> <a href="/2_samuel/23-7.htm">Completely</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-21.htm">Covered</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/31-18.htm">Entirely</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-14.htm">Finished</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-21.htm">Gold</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-21.htm">House</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-21.htm">Inmost</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-21.htm">Inner</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-15.htm">Interior</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-21.htm">Oracle</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-21.htm">Overlaid</a> <a href="/1_samuel/17-6.htm">Plates</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-21.htm">Sanctuary</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-18.htm">Whole</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_kings/7-48.htm">Altar</a> <a href="/1_kings/15-27.htm">Belonged</a> <a href="/1_kings/7-24.htm">Completely</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-30.htm">Covered</a> <a href="/1_kings/7-23.htm">Entirely</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-38.htm">Finished</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-28.htm">Gold</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-27.htm">House</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-23.htm">Inmost</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-23.htm">Inner</a> <a href="/songs/3-10.htm">Interior</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-23.htm">Oracle</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-28.htm">Overlaid</a> <a href="/1_kings/7-30.htm">Plates</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-23.htm">Sanctuary</a> <a href="/1_kings/7-33.htm">Whole</a><div class="vheading2">1 Kings 6</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/6-1.htm">The building of Solomon's temple</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/6-5.htm">The chambers thereof</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/6-11.htm">God's promise unto it</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/6-15.htm">The ceiling and adorning of it</a></span><br><span class="reftext">23. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/6-23.htm">The cherubim</a></span><br><span class="reftext">31. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/6-31.htm">The doors</a></span><br><span class="reftext">36. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/6-36.htm">The court</a></span><br><span class="reftext">37. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/6-37.htm">The time of building it</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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Gold, a symbol of purity and divinity, was used extensively in the tabernacle (<a href="/exodus/25-11.htm">Exodus 25:11</a>) and now in Solomon's temple, indicating continuity in worship practices. The use of gold also reflects the wealth and prosperity of Solomon's reign, as well as the importance of the temple as a central place of worship for Israel. This act of overlaying with gold can be seen as a foreshadowing of the heavenly Jerusalem described in <a href="/revelation/21-18.htm">Revelation 21:18</a>, where the city is made of pure gold.<p><b>until everything was completely finished</b><br>The completion of the temple marks a significant moment in Israel's history, fulfilling the promise made to David that his son would build a house for the Lord (<a href="/2_samuel/7-13.htm">2 Samuel 7:13</a>). The meticulous attention to detail and the completion of the temple underscore the importance of obedience and dedication in worship. This completion can also be seen as a type of Christ, who declared on the cross, "It is finished" (<a href="/john/19-30.htm">John 19:30</a>), signifying the completion of His work of redemption.<p><b>He also overlaid with gold the entire altar that belonged to the inner sanctuary</b><br>The altar in the inner sanctuary, also known as the Holy of Holies, was the most sacred part of the temple, where the presence of God dwelt. Overlaying the altar with gold emphasizes its sanctity and the reverence required in approaching God. This altar is connected to the Day of Atonement rituals (Leviticus 16), where the high priest would make atonement for the sins of the people. In the New Testament, this altar and its rituals are seen as a foreshadowing of Christ's ultimate sacrifice, as He entered the heavenly sanctuary once for all (<a href="/hebrews/9-11.htm">Hebrews 9:11-12</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/s/solomon.htm">Solomon</a></b><br>The king of Israel who was responsible for building the temple. His reign is marked by wisdom and wealth, and he is the son of King David.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_temple.htm">The Temple</a></b><br>The holy place in Jerusalem where the Israelites worshiped God. It was a central place of worship and sacrifice, symbolizing God's presence among His people.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_inner_sanctuary.htm">The Inner Sanctuary (Holy of Holies)</a></b><br>The most sacred part of the temple, where the Ark of the Covenant was kept. It was a place of divine presence and was only entered by the high priest once a year.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_altar.htm">The Altar</a></b><br>Specifically, the altar of incense within the inner sanctuary, which was used for burning incense as a symbol of prayers ascending to God.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a></b><br>The city where the temple was built, serving as the political and spiritual center of Israel.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_significance_of_gold.htm">The Significance of Gold</a></b><br>Gold in the temple symbolizes the purity, holiness, and glory of God. It reminds us of the value and worthiness of God’s presence in our lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_inner_sanctuary_as_a_symbol_of_god's_presence.htm">The Inner Sanctuary as a Symbol of God's Presence</a></b><br>The Holy of Holies represents the intimate presence of God. As believers, we are called to cultivate a personal and intimate relationship with God, recognizing that through Christ, we have direct access to Him.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_altar_and_prayer.htm">The Altar and Prayer</a></b><br>The altar of incense symbolizes the prayers of the saints. We are encouraged to maintain a life of prayer, understanding that our prayers are precious and rise before God like incense.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_temple_as_a_foreshadowing_of_christ.htm">The Temple as a Foreshadowing of Christ</a></b><br>The temple and its elements foreshadow the coming of Christ, who is the ultimate High Priest and the true temple. Our faith is built on the foundation of Christ’s sacrifice and His ongoing intercession for us.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_1_kings_6.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 1 Kings 6</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_ezekiel_41_with_1_kings_6.htm">How can Ezekiel 41's instructions be reconciled with the different layout presented for Solomon's Temple in 1 Kings 6?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_do_ezekiel_42_and_1_kings_6_differ.htm">Why do the measurements in Ezekiel 42 seem to conflict with earlier temple designs described in 1 Kings 6?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_differ_solomon's_temple_styles.htm">Why do biblical descriptions of Solomon’s temple differ from contemporary architectural styles?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_1_kings_6_with_archaeology.htm">Given the temple's grandeur in 1 Kings 6:2-10, how do we reconcile this with the relatively modest archaeological evidence of Solomon's era?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/1_kings/6.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(22) <span class= "bld">The whole altar that was by </span>(or belonged to)<span class= "bld"> the oracle.</span>--This is the altar of incense, which, although it stood (see <a href="/exodus/30-6.htm" title="And you shall put it before the veil that is by the ark of the testimony, before the mercy seat that is over the testimony, where I will meet with you.">Exodus 30:6</a>; <a href="/exodus/40-26.htm" title="And he put the golden altar in the tent of the congregation before the veil:">Exodus 40:26</a>) before the veil, and therefore in the Holy place, was considered to belong in idea rather to the Holy of Holies; since the offering of incense on it signified the approach by worship to the unseen presence of God, symbolised in the darkness and silence of the inner shrine; and the taking of the censer from it was a condition for the actual entrance into the Holy of Holies on the great Day of Atonement. Hence in <a href="/exodus/40-5.htm" title="And you shall set the altar of gold for the incense before the ark of the testimony, and put the hanging of the door to the tabernacle.">Exodus 40:5</a> the altar is said to be "set before the ark of the testimony," and here to "belong to the oracle." Probably this is the explanation of the well-known passage in the Epistle to the Hebrews (<a href="/1_kings/9-4.htm" title="And if you will walk before me, as David your father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded you, and will keep my statutes and my judgments:">1Kings 9:4</a>), where the Holiest place is said to have "had the altar of incense" (wrongly rendered "censer" in our Authorised Version).<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_kings/6.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 22.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And the whole house he overlaid with gold</span> [This no mere repetition, <span class="accented">more Hebraico</span>, as Bahr and Keil would have us think. Something additional must surely be referred to, and <a href="/2_chronicles/3-4.htm">2 Chronicles 3:4</a> warrants us in understanding this statement to include the porch, the interior of which <span class="accented">was</span> gilded. Because the porch is elsewhere (ver. 3) distinguished from the "house," it does not follow that it can never be comprehended under that term] <span class="cmt_word">until he had finished all the house: also</span> [Heb. <span class="accented">and</span>]. <span class="cmt_word">the altar that was by</span> [Heb. <span class="accented">to</span>. See on ver. 20] <span class="cmt_word">the oracle he overlaid with gold.</span> <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/1_kings/6-22.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">So he overlaid</span><br /><span class="heb">צִפָּ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(ṣip·pāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6823.htm">Strong's 6823: </a> </span><span class="str2">To lay out, lay over</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with gold</span><br /><span class="heb">זָהָ֖ב</span> <span class="translit">(zā·hāḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2091.htm">Strong's 2091: </a> </span><span class="str2">Gold, something gold-colored, as oil, a clear sky</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the whole interior</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(kāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the temple,</span><br /><span class="heb">הַבַּ֛יִת</span> <span class="translit">(hab·ba·yiṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> </span><span class="str2">A house</span><br /><br /><span class="word">until</span><br /><span class="heb">עַד־</span> <span class="translit">(‘aḏ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5704.htm">Strong's 5704: </a> </span><span class="str2">As far as, even to, up to, until, while</span><br /><br /><span class="word">everything</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(kāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">was completely finished.</span><br /><span class="heb">תֹּ֣ם</span> <span class="translit">(tōm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8552.htm">Strong's 8552: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be complete or finished</span><br /><br /><span class="word">He also overlaid</span><br /><span class="heb">צִפָּ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(ṣip·pāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6823.htm">Strong's 6823: </a> </span><span class="str2">To lay out, lay over</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with gold</span><br /><span class="heb">זָהָֽב׃</span> <span class="translit">(zā·hāḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2091.htm">Strong's 2091: </a> </span><span class="str2">Gold, something gold-colored, as oil, a clear sky</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the entire</span><br /><span class="heb">וְכָל־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ḵāl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">altar</span><br /><span class="heb">הַמִּזְבֵּ֥חַ</span> <span class="translit">(ham·miz·bê·aḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4196.htm">Strong's 4196: </a> </span><span class="str2">An altar</span><br /><br /><span class="word">that belonged to</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲ‍ֽשֶׁר־</span> <span class="translit">(’ăšer-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the inner sanctuary.</span><br /><span class="heb">לַדְּבִ֖יר</span> <span class="translit">(lad·də·ḇîr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1687.htm">Strong's 1687: </a> </span><span class="str2">Perhaps (a place of) speaking (the innermost room of Solomon's temple)</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_kings/6-22.htm">1 Kings 6:22 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/1_kings/6-22.htm">1 Kings 6:22 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/1_kings/6-22.htm">1 Kings 6:22 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/1_kings/6-22.htm">1 Kings 6:22 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/1_kings/6-22.htm">1 Kings 6:22 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/1_kings/6-22.htm">1 Kings 6:22 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_kings/6-22.htm">1 Kings 6:22 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_kings/6-22.htm">1 Kings 6:22 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/1_kings/6-22.htm">1 Kings 6:22 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/1_kings/6-22.htm">1 Kings 6:22 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/1_kings/6-22.htm">OT History: 1 Kings 6:22 The whole house he overlaid with gold (1Ki iKi i Ki 1 Kg 1kg) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/1_kings/6-21.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Kings 6:21"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Kings 6:21" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/1_kings/6-23.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Kings 6:23"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Kings 6:23" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>