Discovery Box1 Kings 6:20-22 
Context6:20 The inner sanctuary was 30 feet 1 long, 30 feet wide, and 30 feet high. He plated it with gold, 2 as well as the cedar altar. 3 6:21 Solomon plated the inside of the temple with gold. 4 He hung golden chains in front of the inner sanctuary and plated the inner sanctuary 5 with gold. 6:22 He plated the entire inside of the temple with gold, as well as the altar inside the inner sanctuary. 6
1 tn Heb “twenty cubits” (this measurement occurs three times in this verse).
2 tn Heb “with plated gold” (or perhaps, “with pure gold”).
3 tn Heb “he plated [the] altar of cedar.”
4 tn Heb “with plated gold” (or perhaps, “with pure gold”).
5 tn Heb “it.”
6 tn Heb “all the temple he plated with gold until all the temple was finished; and the whole altar which was in the inner sanctuary he plated with gold.”
