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2 Chronicles 3:9-11
English Standard Version
2 Chronicles 3:9-11
English Standard Version
9 The weight of gold for the nails was fifty shekels.[a] And he overlaid (A)the upper chambers with gold.
10 (B)In the Most Holy Place he made two cherubim of wood[b] and overlaid[c] them with gold. 11 The wings of the cherubim together extended twenty cubits: one wing of the one, of five cubits, touched the wall of the house, and its other wing, of five cubits, touched the wing of the other cherub;
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- 2 Chronicles 3:9 A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams
- 2 Chronicles 3:10 Septuagint; the meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain
- 2 Chronicles 3:10 Hebrew they overlaid
2 Chronicles 3:9-11
New International Version
2 Chronicles 3:9-11
New International Version
9 The gold nails(A) weighed fifty shekels.[a] He also overlaid the upper parts with gold.
10 For the Most Holy Place he made a pair(B) of sculptured cherubim and overlaid them with gold. 11 The total wingspan of the cherubim was twenty cubits. One wing of the first cherub was five cubits[b] long and touched the temple wall, while its other wing, also five cubits long, touched the wing of the other cherub.
Footnotes
- 2 Chronicles 3:9 That is, about 1 1/4 pounds or about 575 grams
- 2 Chronicles 3:11 That is, about 7 1/2 feet or about 2.3 meters; also in verse 15
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