King James Version
1 Kings 6:21 in the King James Version says “So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold: and he made a partition by the chains of gold before the oracle; an...” — study this verse from 1 Kings chapter 6 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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.”
1 Kings 6:21 · KJV
And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of the LORD.
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. pure: Heb. shut up
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.
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.
And within the oracle he made two cherubims of olive tree, each ten cubits high. olive: or, oily: Heb. trees of oil
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“the house”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
“gold”
H2091gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e., yellow), as oil, a clear sky
“and he made a partition”
H5674to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in
“gold”
H2091gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e., yellow), as oil, a clear sky
“before”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
“gold”
H2091gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e., yellow), as oil, a clear sky
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