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1 Kings 6:21-23
New English Translation
1 Kings 6:21-23
New English Translation
21 Solomon plated the inside of the temple with gold.[a] He hung golden chains in front of the inner sanctuary and plated the inner sanctuary[b] with gold. 22 He plated the entire inside of the temple with gold, as well as the altar inside the inner sanctuary.[c]
23 In the inner sanctuary he made two cherubim of olive wood; each stood 15 feet[d] high.
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- 1 Kings 6:21 tn Heb “with plated gold” (or perhaps, “with pure gold”).
- 1 Kings 6:21 tn Heb “it.”
- 1 Kings 6:22 tn Heb “all the temple he plated with gold until all the temple was finished; and the whole altar which was in the inner sanctuary he plated with gold.”
- 1 Kings 6:23 tn Heb “10 cubits” (a cubit was a unit of measure roughly equivalent to 18 inches or 45 cm).
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