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2 Chronicles 3:8-10
International Standard Version
2 Chronicles 3:8-10
International Standard Version
8 With respect to the Most Holy Place in the Temple, its length across the width of the Temple was 20 cubits,[a] and its width extended 20 cubits.[b]
Materials of the Temple
Solomon[c] overlaid it with 600 talents[d] of pure gold. 9 The gold nails weighed 50 shekels.[e] 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.
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- 2 Chronicles 3:8 I.e. about 30 feet; a cubit was about eighteen inches
- 2 Chronicles 3:8 I.e. about 30 feet; a cubit was about eighteen inches
- 2 Chronicles 3:8 Lit. He
- 2 Chronicles 3:8 I.e. about 45,000 pounds; a talent weighed about 75 pounds
- 2 Chronicles 3:9 I.e. about 20 ounces; a shekel weighed about 0.4 ounces
2 Chronicles 3:8-10
New International Version
2 Chronicles 3:8-10
New International Version
8 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. 9 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.
Footnotes
- 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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