2 Chronicles 3:4-10
New American Standard Bible
4 The porch which was in front of the house (A)was as long as the width of the house, [a]twenty cubits, and the height [b]twenty; and inside he overlaid it with pure gold. 5 He overlaid (B)the [c]main room with juniper wood and overlaid it with fine gold; and he [d]ornamented it with palm trees and chains. 6 Further, he overlaid the house [e]with precious stones; and the gold was gold from Parvaim. 7 (C)He also overlaid the house with gold—the beams, the thresholds, and its walls and doors; and he (D)carved cherubim on the walls.
8 Then he made (E)the [f]room of the Most Holy Place: its length across the width of the house was [g]twenty cubits, and its width was twenty cubits; and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to [h]six hundred talents. 9 The weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. He also overlaid (F)the upper rooms with gold.
10 (G)Then he made two [i]sculptured cherubim in the room of the Most Holy Place and overlaid them with gold.
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- 2 Chronicles 3:4 About 30 ft. or 9 m
- 2 Chronicles 3:4 As in ancient versions; MT 120 cubits or about 180 ft. or 55 m
- 2 Chronicles 3:5 Lit great house
- 2 Chronicles 3:5 Lit put on it palm trees
- 2 Chronicles 3:6 Lit for beauty
- 2 Chronicles 3:8 Lit house
- 2 Chronicles 3:8 About 30 ft. or 9 m
- 2 Chronicles 3:8 About 23 tons or 21 metric tons
- 2 Chronicles 3:10 Lit cherubim of cast work
2 Chronicles 3:4-10
New International Version
4 The portico at the front of the temple was twenty cubits[a] long across the width of the building and twenty[b] cubits high.
He overlaid the inside with pure gold. 5 He paneled the main hall with juniper and covered it with fine gold and decorated it with palm tree(A) and chain designs. 6 He adorned the temple with precious stones. And the gold he used was gold of Parvaim. 7 He overlaid the ceiling beams, doorframes, walls and doors of the temple with gold, and he carved cherubim(B) on the walls.
8 He built the Most Holy Place,(C) its length corresponding to the width of the temple—twenty cubits long and twenty cubits wide. He overlaid the inside with six hundred talents[c] of fine gold. 9 The gold nails(D) weighed fifty shekels.[d] He also overlaid the upper parts with gold.
10 For the Most Holy Place he made a pair(E) of sculptured cherubim and overlaid them with gold.
Footnotes
- 2 Chronicles 3:4 That is, about 30 feet or about 9 meters; also in verses 8, 11 and 13
- 2 Chronicles 3:4 Some Septuagint and Syriac manuscripts; Hebrew and a hundred and twenty
- 2 Chronicles 3:8 That is, about 23 tons or about 21 metric tons
- 2 Chronicles 3:9 That is, about 1 1/4 pounds or about 575 grams
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