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2 Chronicles 3:6-8
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2 Chronicles 3:6-8
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6 He put valuable stones in the Temple for beauty. The gold he used was gold from Parvaim.[a] 7 He covered the inside of the Temple with the gold. He put the gold on the ceiling beams, doorposts, walls, and doors. He carved Cherub angels on the walls.
8 Then he made the Most Holy Place. This room was 20 cubits long and 20 cubits wide. It was as wide as the Temple was. He put pure gold on the walls of the Most Holy Place. The gold weighed about 22 1/2 tons.[b]
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- 2 Chronicles 3:6 Parvaim This was a place where there was much gold. It was probably in the country of Ophir.
- 2 Chronicles 3:8 22 1/2 tons Literally, “600 talents” (20,700 kg).
2 Chronicles 3:6-8
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2 Chronicles 3:6-8
New International Version
6 He adorned the temple with precious stones. And the gold he used was gold of Parvaim. 7 He overlaid the ceiling beams, doorframes, walls and doors of the temple with gold, and he carved cherubim(A) on the walls.
8 He built the Most Holy Place,(B) 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.
Footnotes
- 2 Chronicles 3:8 That is, about 23 tons or about 21 metric tons
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