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2 Chronicles 3:6-8
International Standard Version
2 Chronicles 3:6-8
International Standard Version
6 The Temple was adorned with precious stones, including gold from the Orient.[a] 7 The Temple was overlaid with gold, including the beams, thresholds, walls, and doors. Cherubim were engraved on the walls. 8 With respect to the Most Holy Place in the Temple, its length across the width of the Temple was 20 cubits,[b] and its width extended 20 cubits.[c]
Materials of the Temple
Solomon[d] overlaid it with 600 talents[e] of pure gold.
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- 2 Chronicles 3:6 Lit. from Parvaim
- 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
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