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2 Chronicles 3:8 KJV
2 Chronicles · chapter 3 · verse 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.2 Chronicles 3:8 · King James Version
2 Chronicles 3:8 in context
6And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold was gold of Parvaim.
7He overlaid also the house, the beams, the posts, and the walls thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved cherubims on the walls.
8And 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.
9And the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold.
10And in the most holy house he made two cherubims of image work, and overlaid them with gold.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- overlaidchâphâhto coverH2645 →
- breadthrôchabwidthH7341 →
- lengthʼôreklengthH753 →
- twentyʻesrîymtwentyH6242 →
- cubitsʼammâhproperly, a motherH520 →
- housebayitha houseH1004 →
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Here is, I. The place where the temple was built. Solomon was neither at liberty to choose nor at a loss to fix the place. It was before determined (Ch1 22:1), which was an ease to his mind. 1. It must be at Jerusalem; for that was the place where God had chosen to put his name there.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-9