1 Kings 6:20

(20) In the forepart.—Although this is a literal translation of the original, the sense is clearly (as the Vulgate renders the phrase) “in the inner part.” Gesenius supposes the meaning to be properly, “the wall facing the entrance;” thence the opposite, or “inner,” wall or region.

Covered the altar . . .—Our translators have been misled by the context to anticipate what is said below (1 Kings 6:22). The meaning is “he covered the altar” (presumably of stone) “with cedar.”