1 Kings 6:22 Meaning and Explanation
“And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until he had finished all the house: also the whole altar that was by the oracle he overlaid with gold.”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →The entire house, and the altar by the inner sanctuary, are wholly overlaid with gold.
What Does 1 Kings 6:22 Mean?
The work is brought to fullness: the whole house is overlaid with gold until all of it is finished, and the altar beside the oracle is covered with gold as well. Nothing is left bare.
The repeated word whole presses the point: completely, entirely, all of it given to glory. The house of God is finished without anything held back, every surface devoted to His honor. So God asks not part of a life but the whole, every corner surrendered and made beautiful for Him. The gold from end to end is a picture of a heart wholly given.
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What does 1 Kings 6:22 mean?
The entire house, and the altar by the inner sanctuary, are wholly overlaid with gold.