2 Chronicles 3:9-11
Easy-to-Read Version
9 The gold nails weighed 1 1/4 pounds.[a] He covered the upper rooms with gold. 10 He made two Cherub angels to put in the Most Holy Place. The workers covered the Cherub angels with gold. 11 Each wing of the Cherub angels was 5 cubits[b] long. The total length of the wings was 20 cubits. One wing of the first Cherub angel touched the wall on one side of the room. The other wing touched one wing of the second Cherub angel.
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- 2 Chronicles 3:9 1 1/4 pounds Literally, “50 shekels” (575 g).
- 2 Chronicles 3:11 5 cubits 8' 6" (2.6 m). Also in verse 15.
2 Chronicles 3:9-11
English Standard Version
9 The weight of gold for the nails was fifty shekels.[a] And he overlaid (A)the upper chambers with gold.
10 (B)In the Most Holy Place he made two cherubim of wood[b] and overlaid[c] 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;
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- 2 Chronicles 3:9 A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams
- 2 Chronicles 3:10 Septuagint; the meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain
- 2 Chronicles 3:10 Hebrew they overlaid
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