2 Chronicles 3:8

“And he made the most holy house, the length whereof was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits: and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents.”

King James Version (KJV)

Other Translations for 2 Chronicles 3:8

And he made the most holy house, the length whereof was, according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof twentie cubits: and he ouerlaid it with fine gold amounting to sixe hundred talents.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

Now he made the room of the holy of holies: its length across the width of the house {was} twenty cubits, and its width {was} twenty cubits; and he overlaid it with fine gold, {amounting} to 600 talents.
- New American Standard Version (1995)

And he made the most holy house: the length thereof, according to the breadth of the house, was twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits; and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents.
- American Standard Version (1901)

And he made the most holy place; it was twenty cubits long, and twenty cubits wide, like the greater house, and was plated all over with the best gold; six hundred talents were used for it.
- Basic English Bible

Then he made the Most Holy Place; its length corresponded to the width of the temple-twenty cubits long and twenty cubits wide. And he overlaid the inside with six hundred talents of fine gold.
- Berean Standard Bible Bible

And he made the house of the most holy place, the length of which was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and its breadth twenty cubits; and he covered it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents.
- Darby Bible

He made also the house of the holy of holies: the length of it according to the breadth of the temple, twenty cubits, and the breadth of it in like manner twenty cubits: and he overlaid it with plates of gold, amounting to about six hundred talents.
- Douay-Rheims Bible

And he made the most holy house; the length thereof, according to the breadth of the house, was twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits: and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents.
- English Revised Version

He made the most holy house: its length, according to the breadth of the house, was twenty cubits, and its breadth twenty cubits; and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents.
- World English Bible

Bible Commentary for 2 Chronicles 3:8

Wesley's Notes for 2 Chronicles 3:8


3:9 Nails - Each of the nails, screws, or pins, by which the golden plates were fastened to the walls, weighed, or rather was worth, fifty shekels, workmanship and all. Upper chambers - Rather, the roof.

3:10 Image work - Or, of moveable work, not fixed to the mercy - seat, as the Mosaical cherubim, but in a moving posture. It seems, they were designed to represent the angels, who attend the Divine Majesty.


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