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The gold nails weighed over a pound. Solomon also covered the upper rooms with gold.

10 He made two creatures with wings for the Most Holy Place. He made them out of hot liquid gold. 11 The wings of the gold creatures were spread out. Together, they were 30 feet across. One wing of one creature touched the Temple wall. The wing was 7½ feet long. The creature’s other wing touched a wing of the second creature. This wing was also 7½ feet long.

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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.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 3:9 That is, about 1 1/4 pounds or about 575 grams
  2. 2 Chronicles 3:11 That is, about 7 1/2 feet or about 2.3 meters; also in verse 15