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And the porch which was in front of the house (A)was as long as the width of the house, [a]20 cubits, and the height 120; and inside he overlaid it with pure gold. Now he overlaid (B)the [b]main room with cypress wood and overlaid it with fine gold, and [c]ornamented it with palm trees and chains. Further, he overlaid the house with precious stones for beauty; and the gold was gold from [d]Parvaim.

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  1. 2 Chronicles 3:4 Approx. 30 ft. long, 30 ft. wide, and 180 ft. tall or 9 m, 9 m, and 54 m
  2. 2 Chronicles 3:5 Lit great house
  3. 2 Chronicles 3:5 Lit put on it palm trees
  4. 2 Chronicles 3:6 Or country of gold

The portico at the front of the temple was twenty cubits[a] long across the width of the building and twenty[b] cubits high.

He overlaid the inside with pure gold. He paneled the main hall with juniper and covered it with fine gold and decorated it with palm tree(A) and chain designs. He adorned the temple with precious stones. And the gold he used was gold of Parvaim.

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  1. 2 Chronicles 3:4 That is, about 30 feet or about 9 meters; also in verses 8, 11 and 13
  2. 2 Chronicles 3:4 Some Septuagint and Syriac manuscripts; Hebrew and a hundred and twenty