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The Temple was overlaid with gold, including the beams, thresholds, walls, and doors. Cherubim were engraved on the walls. With respect to the Most Holy Place in the Temple, its length across the width of the Temple was 20 cubits,[a] and its width extended 20 cubits.[b]

Materials of the Temple

Solomon[c] overlaid it with 600 talents[d] of pure gold. The gold nails weighed 50 shekels.[e] He also overlaid the upper rooms with gold.

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  1. 2 Chronicles 3:8 I.e. about 30 feet; a cubit was about eighteen inches
  2. 2 Chronicles 3:8 I.e. about 30 feet; a cubit was about eighteen inches
  3. 2 Chronicles 3:8 Lit. He
  4. 2 Chronicles 3:8 I.e. about 45,000 pounds; a talent weighed about 75 pounds
  5. 2 Chronicles 3:9 I.e. about 20 ounces; a shekel weighed about 0.4 ounces