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2 Chronicles 3:8-10
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8 He made the most holy place. Its length, according to the width of the house, was twenty cubits, and its width twenty cubits; and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents.[a] 9 The weight of the nails was fifty shekels[b] of gold. He overlaid the upper rooms with gold.

10 In the most holy place he made two cherubim by carving; and they overlaid them with gold.

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  1. 3:8 A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds or 965 Troy ounces, so 600 talents is about 18 metric tons
  2. 3:9 A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.32 Troy ounces, so 50 shekels was about 0.5 kilograms or about 16 Troy ounces.
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2 Chronicles 3:8-10
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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.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 3:8 That is, about 23 tons or about 21 metric tons
  2. 2 Chronicles 3:9 That is, about 1 1/4 pounds or about 575 grams
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