^{19 Ref} He prepared an oracle in the midst of the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of Yahweh.

^{20 Ref} Within the oracle was [a space of] twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height of it; and he overlaid it with pure gold: and he covered the altar with cedar.

^{21 Ref} So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold: and he drew chains of gold across before the oracle; and he overlaid it with gold.