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The gold nails weighed 50 shekels.[a] He also overlaid the upper rooms with gold. 10 He crafted two cherubim from wood, overlaid them with gold, and placed them in the Most Holy Place in the Temple. 11 The wingspan of the cherubim was 20 cubits;[b] the wing of one, five cubits[c] long, touched the wall of the Temple, and its other wing, five cubits[d] long, touched the wing of the other cherub.

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  1. 2 Chronicles 3:9 I.e. about 20 ounces; a shekel weighed about 0.4 ounces
  2. 2 Chronicles 3:11 I.e. about 30 feet; a cubit was about eighteen inches
  3. 2 Chronicles 3:11 I.e. about seven and a half feet; a cubit was about eighteen inches
  4. 2 Chronicles 3:11 I.e. about seven and a half feet; a cubit was about eighteen inches