1 Reyes 6:21

Listen to 1 Reyes 6:21
21 De suerte que visti贸 Salom贸n de oro puro la casa por de dentro, y cerr贸 la entrada del or谩culo con cadenas de oro, y visti贸lo de oro.

1 Reyes 6:21 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 6:21

So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold
The inside of the holy of holies with fine gold, which gold amounted to six hundred talents, ( 2 Chronicles 3:8 ) ; and these to 7,332,000 ducats of gold, or 3,045,000 pounds sterling:

and he made a partition by the chains of gold before the oracle;
between the holy and the most holy, and were instead of a vail in the tabernacle of Moses between them; here was also a vail beside the partition made by chains of gold across the oracle; for the partition was a wall of the thickness of a cubit, as Maimonides F2 says; and in ( 2 Chronicles 3:14 ) express mention is made of a vail of blue and in imitation of this had the Heathens their deities within vails F3:

and he overlaid it with gold;
the partition wall.


FOOTNOTES:

F2 Hilchot Beth Habechirah, c. 4. sect. 2.
F3 Apulei Metamorph. l. xi. p. 176.
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1 Reyes 6:21 In-Context

19 Y adorn贸 el or谩culo por de dentro en medio de la casa, para poner all铆 el arca del pacto de Jehov谩.
20 Y el or谩culo estaba en la parte de adentro, el cual ten铆a veinte codos de largo, y otros veinte de ancho, y otros veinte de altura; y visti贸lo de oro pur铆simo: asimismo cubri贸 el altar de cedro.
21 De suerte que visti贸 Salom贸n de oro puro la casa por de dentro, y cerr贸 la entrada del or谩culo con cadenas de oro, y visti贸lo de oro.
22 Cubri贸 pues de oro toda la casa hasta el cabo; y asimismo visti贸 de oro todo el altar que estaba delante del or谩culo.
23 Hizo tambi茅n en el or谩culo dos querubines de madera de oliva, cada uno de altura de diez codos.
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