1 Kings 6:21

6:21 Solomon plated the inside of the temple with gold. ¹  He hung golden chains in front of the inner sanctuary and plated the inner sanctuary ²  with gold.

1 Kings 8:27

8:27 “God does not really live on the earth! ³  Look, if the sky and the highest heaven cannot contain you, how much less this temple I have built!

[6:21]  ¹ tn Heb “with plated gold” (or perhaps, “with pure gold”).

[6:21]  ² tn Heb “it.”

[8:27]  ³ tn Heb “Indeed, can God really live on the earth?” The rhetorical question expects the answer, “Of course not,” the force of which the translation above seeks to reflect.