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Selected Verse: 1 Kings 6:20 - King James

Verse	Translation	Text
1Ki 6:20	King James	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.

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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
The fore part - Perhaps "the interior." And so covered ... - Rather, "and he covered the altar (of incense) with cedar." The altar was doubtless of stone, and was covered with cedar in preparation for the overlaying with gold. This overlaying was not gilding, but the attachment of thin plates of gold, which had to be fastened on with small nails. Such a mode of ornamentation was common in Babylonia, in Assyria, and in Media.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

The fore part - Perhaps "the interior."

And so covered ... - Rather, "and he covered the altar (of incense) with cedar." The altar was doubtless of stone, and was covered with cedar in preparation for the overlaying with gold. This overlaying was not gilding, but the attachment of thin plates of gold, which had to be fastened on with small nails. Such a mode of ornamentation was common in Babylonia, in Assyria, and in Media.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
Forepart - Which was in the inner part of the house, called in Hebrew, the forepart; not because a man first enters there, but because when a man is entering, or newly entered into the house, it is still before him. Covered - With gold, Kg1 7:48; Ch1 28:18. The altar - The altar of incense.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]

Forepart - Which was in the inner part of the house, called in Hebrew, the forepart; not because a man first enters there, but because when a man is entering, or newly entered into the house, it is still before him. Covered - With gold, Kg1 7:48; Ch1 28:18. The altar - The altar of incense.

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