20 The inner sanctuary[a] was twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and twenty cubits high, and he overlaid it with pure gold. He also overlaid[b] an altar of cedar.

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  1. 1 Kings 6:20 Vulgate; Hebrew And before the inner sanctuary
  2. 1 Kings 6:20 Septuagint made

20 The inner sanctuary(A) was twenty cubits long, twenty wide and twenty high. He overlaid the inside with pure gold, and he also overlaid the altar of cedar.(B)

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(A)And he made the Most Holy Place. Its length, corresponding to the breadth of the house, was twenty cubits, and its breadth was twenty cubits. He overlaid it with 600 talents[a] of fine gold.

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  1. 2 Chronicles 3:8 A talent was about 75 pounds or 34 kilograms

He built the Most Holy Place,(A) its length corresponding to the width of the temple—twenty cubits long and twenty cubits wide. He overlaid the inside with six hundred talents[a] of fine gold.

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  1. 2 Chronicles 3:8 That is, about 23 tons or about 21 metric tons