King James Version
1 Kings 6:30 in the King James Version says “And the floor of the house he overlaid with gold, within and without.” — study this verse from 1 Kings chapter 6 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And the floor of the house he overlaid with gold, within and without.”
1 Kings 6:30 · KJV
And he overlaid the cherubims with gold.
And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, within and without. open flowers: Heb. openings of flowers
And the floor of the house he overlaid with gold, within and without.
And for the entering of the oracle he made doors of olive tree: the lintel and side posts were a fifth part of the wall. a fifth: or, fivesquare
The two doors also were of olive tree; and he carved upon them carvings of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold, and spread gold upon the cherubims, and upon the palm trees. two: or, leaves of the doors open flowers: Heb. openings of flowers
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“And the floor”
H7172floor (as if a pavement of pieces or tesseroe), of a building or the sea
“of the house”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
“with gold”
H2091gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e., yellow), as oil, a clear sky
“and without”
H2435properly, the (outer) wall side; hence, exterior; figuratively, secular (as opposed to sacred)
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