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Then he made the Especially Holy Place; its length matched the width of the house, thirty-five feet, and its width was thirty-five feet. He overlaid it with twenty tons of fine gold. The weight of the nails was one-and-a-quarter pounds of gold, and he overlaid the upper rooms with gold.

10 Inside the Especially Holy Place he made two k’ruvim of cast metal, and they overlaid them with gold.

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He built the Most Holy Place,(A) its length corresponding to the width of the temple—twenty cubits long and twenty cubits wide. He overlaid the inside with six hundred talents[a] of fine gold. The gold nails(B) weighed fifty shekels.[b] He also overlaid the upper parts with gold.

10 For the Most Holy Place he made a pair(C) of sculptured cherubim and overlaid them with gold.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 3:8 That is, about 23 tons or about 21 metric tons
  2. 2 Chronicles 3:9 That is, about 1 1/4 pounds or about 575 grams