He adorned the house with settings of precious stones. The gold was gold of Parvaim. So he lined the house with gold—its beams, its thresholds, its walls, and its doors—(A)and he carved cherubim on the walls.

(B)And he made the Most Holy Place. Its length, corresponding to the breadth of the house, was twenty cubits, and its breadth was twenty cubits. He overlaid it with 600 talents[a] of fine gold.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 3:8 A talent was about 75 pounds or 34 kilograms

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