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1 Kings 6

1 Kings 6:22 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And the whole house
bayith (Hebrew #1004)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
KJV usage: court, daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, X great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter)house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, + tablet, temple, web, + within(-out).
Pronounce: bah'-yith
Origin: probably from 1129 abbreviated
he overlaid
tsaphah (Hebrew #6823)
to sheet over (especially with metal)
KJV usage: cover, overlay.
Pronounce: tsaw-faw'
Origin: a primitive root (probably identical with 6822 through the idea of expansion in outlook, transferring to action)
with gold
zahab (Hebrew #2091)
gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear sky
KJV usage: gold(-en), fair weather.
Pronounce: zaw-hawb'
Origin: from an unused root meaning to shimmer
, until he had finished
tamam (Hebrew #8552)
to complete, in a good or a bad sense, literal, or figurative, transitive or intransitive (as follows)
KJV usage: accomplish, cease, be clean (pass-)ed, consume, have done, (come to an, have an, make an) end, fail, come to the full, be all gone, X be all here, be (make) perfect, be spent, sum, be (shew self) upright, be wasted, whole.
Pronounce: taw-mam'
Origin: a primitive root
all the house
bayith (Hebrew #1004)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
KJV usage: court, daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, X great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter)house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, + tablet, temple, web, + within(-out).
Pronounce: bah'-yith
Origin: probably from 1129 abbreviated
: alsom the whole altar
mizbeach (Hebrew #4196)
an altar
KJV usage: altar.
Pronounce: miz-bay'-akh
Origin: from 2076
that was by the oracle
dbiyr (Hebrew #1687)
from 1696 (apparently in the sense of oracle); the shrine or innermost part of the sanctuary
KJV usage: oracle.
Pronounce: deb-eer'
Origin: or (shortened) dbir {deb-eer'}
he overlaid
tsaphah (Hebrew #6823)
to sheet over (especially with metal)
KJV usage: cover, overlay.
Pronounce: tsaw-faw'
Origin: a primitive root (probably identical with 6822 through the idea of expansion in outlook, transferring to action)
with gold
zahab (Hebrew #2091)
gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear sky
KJV usage: gold(-en), fair weather.
Pronounce: zaw-hawb'
Origin: from an unused root meaning to shimmer
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Ex. 30:1,3,5• 1And thou shalt make an altar for the burning of incense: of acacia-wood shalt thou make it;
 3And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, the top thereof, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns thereof; and thou shalt make upon it a border of gold round about.
 5And thou shalt make the staves of acacia-wood, and overlay them with gold. (Ex. 30:1,3,5)
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2 Chron. 3:7• 7And he covered the house, the beams, the threshold, and its walls, and its doors with gold, and engraved cherubim on the walls. (2 Chron. 3:7)
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Ministry on This Verse

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the whole house.It is impossible to calculate this expense, or the quantity of gold employed in this sacred building; but both must have been immense.also.
1 Kings 6:20• 20And the oracle within 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 he overlaid the cedar-wood altar-- (1 Kings 6:20)
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Ex. 30:1,3,5‑6• 1And thou shalt make an altar for the burning of incense: of acacia-wood shalt thou make it;
 3And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, the top thereof, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns thereof; and thou shalt make upon it a border of gold round about.
 5And thou shalt make the staves of acacia-wood, and overlay them with gold.
 6And thou shalt put it in front of the veil which is before the ark of the testimony in front of the mercy-seat which is over the testimony, where I will meet with thee. (Ex. 30:1,3,5‑6)
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2 Chron. 3:7‑14• 7And he covered the house, the beams, the threshold, and its walls, and its doors with gold, and engraved cherubim on the walls.
 8And he made the house of the most holy place, the length of which was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and its breadth twenty cubits; and he covered it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents.
 9And the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. And he covered the upper chambers with gold.
 10And in the house of the most holy place he made two cherubim of image work, and they overlaid them with gold.
 11And the wings of the cherubim were twenty cubits long: one wing of five cubits touched the wall of the house; and the other wing of five cubits touched the wing of the other cherub.
 12And the wing of the other cherub of five cubits touched the wall of the house; and the other wing was five cubits joining the wing of the other cherub.
 13The wings of these cherubim spread forth were twenty cubits; and they stood on their feet, and their faces were toward the house.
 14And he made the veil of blue, and purple, and crimson, and byssus, and made cherubim upon it. (2 Chron. 3:7‑14)
the whole altar.This was the altar of incense without the vail, in the holy place, which was twice the length of the most holy place.
• But the cedar wood itself and even the planks of cypress of which the floor was made were entirely covered with gold. In the Word gold always represents divine righteousness and glory. (“The Temple: 1 Kings 6” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And the whole house he overlaid with gold, the whole house entirely; also the whole altar that was by the oracle he overlaid with gold.