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2 Chronicles 3:5

3 The foundation that Solomon laid for the house of God was sixty cubits long and twenty cubits wide, according to the old standard.

4 The portico at the front, extending across the width of the temple, was twenty cubits long and twenty cubits high. He overlaid the inside with pure gold.

He paneled the main room with cypress, which he overlaid with fine gold and decorated with palm trees and chains.

6 He adorned the temple with precious stones for beauty, and its gold was from Parvaim.

7 He overlaid its beams, thresholds, walls, and doors with gold, and he carved cherubim on the walls.

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BSB
He paneled the main room with cypress, which he overlaid with fine gold and decorated with palm trees and chains.
KJV
And the greater house he cieled with fir tree, which he overlaid with fine gold, and set thereon palm trees and chains.
WEB
He made the larger room with a ceiling of cypress wood, which he overlaid with fine gold, and ornamented it with palm trees and chains.
ASV
And the greater house he ceiled with fir-wood, which he overlaid with fine gold, and wrought thereon palm-trees and chains.
DARBY
And the greater house he boarded with cypress-wood, which he overlaid with fine gold, and set on it palm-trees and chains.
BLB
And the larger room he paneled with cypress, and he overlaid it with fine gold, and he carved on it palm trees and chains.
ÅB
Det store hus kledde han med cypresstre; dessuten kledde han det med ekte gull og satte palmer og kjeder på det.
OTB
Han kledde hovedrommet med einer og kledde det med fint gull,
og pyntet det med palmer og kjeder.
B1930
Det store hus klædde han med cypresstre; dessuten klædde han det med ekte gull og satte palmer og kjeder på det.

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Cross references

  • 1 Kings 6:21–22

    So Solomon overlaid the inside of the temple with pure gold, and he extended gold chains across the front of the inner sanctuary, which was overlaid with gold.

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  • 1 Kings 6:15–17

    He lined the interior walls with cedar paneling from the floor of the temple to the ceiling, and he covered the floor with cypress boards.

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