20 The inner sanctuary[a] was twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and twenty cubits high, and he overlaid it with pure gold. He also overlaid[b] an altar of cedar.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 6:20 Vulgate; Hebrew And before the inner sanctuary
  2. 1 Kings 6:20 Septuagint made

(A)And he made the Most Holy Place. Its length, corresponding to the breadth of the house, was twenty cubits, and its breadth was twenty cubits. He overlaid it with 600 talents[a] of fine gold.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 3:8 A talent was about 75 pounds or 34 kilograms

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