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1 Kings 6:20-35

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

21 Solomon covered 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.

22 So he overlaid the whole interior with gold. He also overlaid with gold the altar that belonged to the inner sanctuary.

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

24 One wing of the first cherub was five cubits long, and the other wing five cubits—ten cubits from wing tip to wing tip.

25 The second cherub also measured ten cubits, for the two cherubim were identical in size and shape.

26 The height of each cherub was ten cubits.

27 He placed the cherubim inside the innermost room of the temple, with their wings spread out. The wing of one cherub touched one wall, while the wing of the other touched the other wall, and their wings touched each other in the middle of the room.

28 He overlaid the cherubim with gold.

29 On the walls all around the temple, in both the inner and outer rooms, he carved cherubim, palm trees and open flowers.

30 He also covered the floors of both the inner and outer rooms of the temple with gold.

31 For the entrance of the inner sanctuary he made doors of olive wood with five-sided jambs.

32 And on the two olive wood doors he carved cherubim, palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid the cherubim and palm trees with beaten gold.

33 In the same way he made four-sided jambs of olive wood for the entrance to the main hall.

34 He also made two pine doors, each having two leaves that turned in sockets.

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

Cross References for 1 Kings 6:20-35

Exodus 25:11 - Overlay it with pure gold, both inside and out, and make a gold molding around it. Click to read the verse Exodus 25:11 Click to read the verse Exodus 25:11

1 Kings 7:48 - Solomon also made all the furnishings that were in the Lord’s temple: the golden altar; the gol... Click to read the verse 1 Kings 7:48 Click to read the verse 1 Kings 7:48

Exodus 30:1 - The Altar of Incense “Make an altar of acacia wood for burning incense. Click to read the verse Exodus 30:1 Click to read the verse Exodus 30:1

1 Kings 5:6 - “So give orders that cedars of Lebanon be cut for me. My men will work with yours, and I will p... Click to read the verse 1 Kings 5:6 Click to read the verse 1 Kings 5:6

1 Kings 6:2-3 - The temple that King Solomon built for the Lord was sixty cubits long, twenty wide and thirty h... Click to read the verse 1 Kings 6:2-3 Click to read the verse 1 Kings 6:2-3

Exodus 30:1-3 - The Altar of Incense “Make an altar of acacia wood for burning incense. Click to read the verse Exodus 30:1-3 Click to read the verse Exodus 30:1-3

1 Kings 6:22 - So he overlaid the whole interior with gold. He also overlaid with gold the altar that belonged... Click to read the verse 1 Kings 6:22 Click to read the verse 1 Kings 6:22

Ezekiel 41:22 - There was a wooden altar three cubits high and two cubits square; its corners, its base and its... Click to read the verse Ezekiel 41:22 Click to read the verse Ezekiel 41:22

Revelation 21:21 - The twelve gates were twelve pearls, each gate made of a single pearl. The great street of the ... Click to read the verse Revelation 21:21 Click to read the verse Revelation 21:21

Ezekiel 41:4 - And he measured the length of the inner sanctuary; it was twenty cubits, and its width was twen... Click to read the verse Ezekiel 41:4 Click to read the verse Ezekiel 41:4