1 Kings 6:21

“So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold, etc.] The inside of the holy of holies with fine gold, which gold amounted to six hundred talents, (<140308>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 f102 says; and in (<140314>2 Chronicles 3:14) express mention is made of a vail of blue, etc. and in imitation of this had the…”

“The house - i. e., the main chamber. The chains of gold - Omit “the.” Their object was to form a barrier between the holy place and the holy of holies. return to 'Top of Page'”

“House - Or, that house, the oracle. Partition - He made a veil, which was a farther partition between the holy, and the most holy; which veil did hang upon these golden chains. Before the oracle - In the outward part of the wall, or partition, which was erected between the oracle and the holy place; which is properly said to be before the oracle, there the veil was hung; and there the chains or bars, or whatsoever it was which fastened the doors of the oracle, were placed. It - The partition; which he here distinguisheth from the house, or the main walls of the house, which he had in the former part of this verse told us were overlaid with gold; and now he affirms much as of the partition. 3…”

“overlaid: Exo 26:29, Exo 26:32, Exo 36:34; Ch2 3:7-9 by the chains: Kg1 6:5; Exo 26:32, Exo 26:33; Ch2 3:14-16 3 Kings (1 Kings) 6:22”