(A)And he made the Most Holy Place. Its length, corresponding to the breadth of the house, was twenty cubits, and its breadth was twenty cubits. He overlaid it with 600 talents[a] of fine gold. The weight of gold for the nails was fifty shekels.[b] And he overlaid (B)the upper chambers with gold.

10 (C)In the Most Holy Place he made two cherubim of wood[c] and overlaid[d] them with gold.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 3:8 A talent was about 75 pounds or 34 kilograms
  2. 2 Chronicles 3:9 A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams
  3. 2 Chronicles 3:10 Septuagint; the meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain
  4. 2 Chronicles 3:10 Hebrew they overlaid

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