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(A)He also covered the house with gold—the beams, the thresholds and its walls and its doors; and he (B)carved cherubim on the walls.

And he made (C)the [a]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 covered it with fine gold, amounting to [b]600 talents. Now the weight of the nails was [c]fifty shekels of gold. He also covered (D)the upper rooms with gold.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 3:8 Lit house
  2. 2 Chronicles 3:8 Approx. 23 tons or 21 metric tons, a talent was approx. 75 lb. or 34 kg
  3. 2 Chronicles 3:9 Approx. 1.25 lb. or 550 gm, a shekel was approx. 0.4 oz. or 11 gm