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Selected Verse: 1 Kings 6:20 - Strong Concordance

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1Ki 6:20 Strong Concordance And the oracle [01687] in the forepart [06440] was twenty [06242] cubits [0520] in length [0753], and twenty [06242] cubits [0520] in breadth [07341], and twenty [06242] cubits [0520] in the height [06967] thereof: and he overlaid [06823] it with pure [05462] gold [02091]; and so covered [06823] the altar [04196] which was of cedar [0730].
  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.
 
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18 And for the altar [04196] of incense [07004] refined [02212] gold [02091] by weight [04948]; and gold [02091] for the pattern [08403] of the chariot [04818] of the cherubims [03742], that spread out [06566] their wings, and covered [05526] the ark [0727] of the covenant [01285] of the LORD [03068].
48 And Solomon [08010] made [06213] all the vessels [03627] that pertained unto the house [01004] of the LORD [03068]: the altar [04196] of gold [02091], and the table [07979] of gold [02091], whereupon the shewbread [03899] [06440] was,