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. The weight of gold for the nails was fifty shekels.[b] And he overlaid (C)the upper chambers with gold.

10 (D)In the Most Holy Place he made two cherubim of wood[c] and overlaid[d] 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; 12 and of this cherub, one wing, of five cubits, touched the wall of the house, and the other wing, also of five cubits, was joined to the wing of the first cherub. 13 The wings of these cherubim extended twenty cubits. The cherubim[e] stood on their feet, (E)facing the nave. 14 (F)And he made the veil of blue and purple and crimson fabrics and fine linen, and he worked cherubim on it.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 3:8 A talent was about 75 pounds or 34 kilograms
  2. 2 Chronicles 3:9 A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams
  3. 2 Chronicles 3:10 Septuagint; the meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain
  4. 2 Chronicles 3:10 Hebrew they overlaid
  5. 2 Chronicles 3:13 Hebrew they

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