Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
1Ki 6:22 — 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.
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the whole house   It is impossible to calculate this expense, or the quantity of gold employed in this sacred building; but both must have been immense.
also   1Ki 6:20; Exd 30:1,3,5,6; 2Ch 3:7-14
the whole altar   This was the altar of incense without the vail, in the holy place, which was twice the length of the most holy place.
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1Ki 6:20 And the oracle in the forepart [was] twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof: and he overlaid it with pure gold; and [so] covered the altar [which was of] cedar.
Exd 30:1 And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: [of] shittim wood shalt thou make it.
Exd 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.
Exd 30:5 And thou shalt make the staves [of] shittim wood, and overlay them with gold.
Exd 30:6 And thou shalt put it before the vail that [is] by the ark of the testimony, before the mercy seat that [is] over the testimony, where I will meet with thee.
2Ch 3:7 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.
2Ch 3:8 And he made the most holy house, the length whereof [was] according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits: and he overlaid it with fine gold, [amounting] to six hundred talents.
2Ch 3:9 And the weight of the nails [was] fifty shekels of gold. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold.
2Ch 3:10 And in the most holy house he made two cherubims of image work, and overlaid them with gold.
2Ch 3:11 And the wings of the cherubims [were] twenty cubits long: one wing [of the one cherub was] five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and the other wing [was likewise] five cubits, reaching to the wing of the other cherub.
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Scott, Thomas. "1 Kings 6:22," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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