1 Kings 6:21

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Solomon overlaid the interior of the house with pure gold, and he placed gold chains across the front of the inner sanctuary, which he also overlaid with gold.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    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.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

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

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    So Solomon{H8010} overlaid{H6823}{(H8762)} the house{H1004} within{H6441} with pure{H5462}{(H8803)} gold{H2091}: and he made a partition{H5674}{(H8762)} by the chains{H7572}{(H8675)}{H7572} of gold{H2091} before{H6440} the oracle{H1687}; and he overlaid{H6823}{(H8762)} it with gold{H2091}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And Salomon ouerlayed the house on ye ynsyde wt pure golde, & shot barres of golde before the quere, which he had ouerlayed wt golde,

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    So Salomon couered the house within with pure golde: and he shut the place of the oracle with chaines of gold, and couered it with golde.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    So Solomon couered the house within with pure golde: And he made golde barres runne along the quier, which he had couered with golde.

  • Authorized 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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    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.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And Solomon overlayeth the house within with gold refined, and causeth `it' to pass over in chains of gold before the oracle, and overlayeth it with gold.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    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.

  • 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.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Solomon plated the inside of the temple with gold. He hung golden chains in front of the inner sanctuary and plated the inner sanctuary with gold.

Referenced Verses

  • Exod 26:29 : 29 You shall overlay the frames with gold and make gold rings for them to hold the crossbars; you shall also overlay the crossbars with gold.
  • Exod 26:32-33 : 32 You shall hang it upon four pillars of acacia wood overlaid with gold, with gold hooks, set on four silver bases. 33 You shall hang the veil under the clasps and bring the Ark of the Testimony inside the veil, and the veil shall separate the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place for you.
  • Exod 36:34 : 34 They overlaid the frames with gold and made gold rings to hold the crossbars. They also overlaid the crossbars with gold.
  • 1 Kgs 6:5 : 5 He built a structure against the wall of the house, enclosing the walls of the house around the main hall and the inner sanctuary, and he made side chambers all around.
  • 2 Chr 3:7-9 : 7 He overlaid the beams, thresholds, walls, and doors of the house with gold, and he carved cherubim on the walls. 8 He made the Most Holy Place in the inner sanctuary. Its length was twenty cubits, corresponding to the width of the house, and its width was twenty cubits. He overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents. 9 The weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold, and he also overlaid the upper chambers with gold.
  • 2 Chr 3:14-16 : 14 He made the curtain of blue, purple, crimson, and fine linen, and he embroidered cherubim on it. 15 He made two pillars in front of the temple, thirty-five cubits high each, with a capital of five cubits on top of each. 16 He made chains in the inner sanctuary and placed them on the tops of the pillars. He also made a hundred pomegranates and attached them to the chains.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Kgs 6:22-23
    2 verses
    90%

    22 So the entire house was overlaid with gold until the entire house was finished. He also overlaid the altar that belonged to the inner sanctuary with gold.

    23 In the inner sanctuary, he made two cherubim of olive wood, each ten cubits high.

  • 1 Kgs 6:19-20
    2 verses
    85%

    19 He prepared the inner sanctuary inside the house to set the ark of the covenant of the LORD there.

    20 The inner sanctuary was twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and twenty cubits high, and he overlaid it with pure gold. He also overlaid the altar with cedar.

  • 1 Kgs 6:28-32
    5 verses
    84%

    28 He overlaid the cherubim with gold.

    29 He decorated the walls of the house all around with carved engravings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers, both in the inner and outer rooms.

    30 He also overlaid the floor of the house with gold, both the inner and the outer rooms.

    31 For the entrance to the inner sanctuary, he made doors of olive wood; the doorposts formed a pentagon.

    32 The two doors were made of olive wood, and he carved on them cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers. He overlaid them with gold and spread the gold over the cherubim and the palm trees.

  • 2 Chr 3:4-10
    7 verses
    81%

    4 The porch in front of the house was twenty cubits long, corresponding to the width of the house, and its height was one hundred and twenty cubits. He overlaid the inside with pure gold.

    5 He paneled the main hall with cypress wood and overlaid it with fine gold, and he decorated it with palm trees and chains.

    6 He adorned the house with precious stones for beauty, and the gold used was gold from Parvaim.

    7 He overlaid the beams, thresholds, walls, and doors of the house with gold, and he carved cherubim on the walls.

    8 He made the Most Holy Place in the inner sanctuary. Its length was twenty cubits, corresponding to the width of the house, and its width was twenty cubits. He overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents.

    9 The weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold, and he also overlaid the upper chambers with gold.

    10 He made two cherubim in the Most Holy Place, crafted out of sculptured work, and overlaid them with gold.

  • Exod 36:34
    78%

    34 They overlaid the frames with gold and made gold rings to hold the crossbars. They also overlaid the crossbars with gold.

  • Exod 37:2
    77%

    2 He overlaid it with pure gold inside and out and made a gold molding to surround it.

  • Exod 37:11
    76%

    11 He overlaid it with pure gold and made a gold molding around it.

  • 2 Chr 4:20-22
    3 verses
    76%

    20 the lampstands and their lamps of pure gold, to burn in front of the inner sanctuary according to the prescribed regulations.

    21 The flowers, lamps, and tongs were made of pure gold, the finest gold.

    22 The snuffers, basins, cups, and firepans made of refined gold; and the doors of the temple: the inner doors to the Most Holy Place and the doors of the temple hall were overlaid with gold.

  • 1 Kgs 6:14-17
    4 verses
    76%

    14 So Solomon built the house and completed it.

    15 He built the walls of the house on the inside with cedar boards, from the floor of the house to the ceiling, overlaying the interior with wood, and he covered the floor of the house with cypress planks.

    16 He built twenty cubits at the rear of the house with cedar boards, from the floor to the walls, to form the inner sanctuary, the Most Holy Place.

    17 The main hall in front of the inner sanctuary was forty cubits long.

  • Exod 25:11
    76%

    11 Overlay it with pure gold, both inside and outside, and make a gold molding around it.

  • 1 Kgs 6:35
    76%

    35 He carved cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers on them, and he overlaid the carvings with evenly applied gold.

  • 2 Chr 3:16
    75%

    16 He made chains in the inner sanctuary and placed them on the tops of the pillars. He also made a hundred pomegranates and attached them to the chains.

  • Exod 37:26
    75%

    26 He overlaid it with pure gold—its top, its sides all around, and its horns—and he made a gold molding to surround it.

  • 1 Kgs 7:48-51
    4 verses
    74%

    48 Solomon also made all the furnishings for the house of the LORD: the golden altar, the golden table for the bread of the Presence,

    49 the lampstands of pure gold (five on the right and five on the left in front of the inner sanctuary), the flowers, the lamps, and the tongs, all of gold,

    50 the basins, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, dishes, and censers of pure gold, and the gold sockets for the doors of the innermost room (the Most Holy Place) and for the doors of the main hall of the temple.

    51 So all the work King Solomon did for the house of the LORD was completed. Then Solomon brought in the things his father David had dedicated—the silver, the gold, and the furnishings—and placed them in the treasuries of the house of the LORD.

  • 1 Kgs 6:5-6
    2 verses
    74%

    5 He built a structure against the wall of the house, enclosing the walls of the house around the main hall and the inner sanctuary, and he made side chambers all around.

    6 The lowest side chamber was five cubits wide, the middle was six cubits wide, and the third was seven cubits wide. For around the outside of the house, he made offsets on the wall so that the beams would not be embedded in the walls of the house.

  • Exod 26:29
    74%

    29 You shall overlay the frames with gold and make gold rings for them to hold the crossbars; you shall also overlay the crossbars with gold.

  • 2 Chr 5:1
    74%

    1 So all the work that Solomon did for the temple of the LORD was completed. Then Solomon brought in the holy items dedicated by his father David— the silver, the gold, and all the furnishings—and he placed them in the treasuries of the house of God.

  • 1 Kgs 10:17-18
    2 verses
    74%

    17 He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; three minas of gold went into each shield. The king put them in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon.

    18 The king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with refined gold.

  • 1 Kgs 6:2-3
    2 verses
    74%

    2 The house that King Solomon built for the LORD was sixty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high.

    3 The vestibule in front of the main hall of the house was twenty cubits long, extending along the width of the house, and ten cubits deep in front of the house.

  • 2 Chr 9:17
    74%

    17 The king made a great ivory throne and overlaid it with pure gold.

  • Exod 25:24
    73%

    24 Overlay it with pure gold and make a gold border around it.

  • 1 Kgs 10:21
    72%

    21 All King Solomon’s drinking vessels were gold, and all the utensils in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. Silver was not considered valuable in Solomon's days.

  • Exod 36:36
    72%

    36 They made four posts of acacia wood for it and overlaid them with gold. They cast four silver bases for the posts, and the hooks of the posts were made of gold.

  • Exod 40:26
    72%

    26 He placed the golden altar in the tent of meeting in front of the veil.

  • 1 Kgs 6:11
    72%

    11 Then the word of the LORD came to Solomon, saying:

  • Exod 37:24
    72%

    24 He made the lampstand and all its accessories from one talent of pure gold.

  • Ezek 41:17
    72%

    17 From above the entrance to the inner house and on the outside, and on all the walls all around, both inside and out, there were measurements.