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2 Chronicles 3:5

3 Now these are the things wherein Solomon was instructed for the building of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first measure was threescore cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.

4 And the porch that was in the front of the house, the length of it was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the height was an hundred and twenty: and he overlaid it within with pure gold.

And the greater house he cieled with fir tree, which he overlaid with fine gold, and set thereon palm trees and chains.

6 And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold was gold of Parvaim.

7 He overlaid also the house, the beams, the posts, and the walls thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved cherubims 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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  • 1 Kings 6:21–22

    So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold: and he made a partition by the chains of gold before the oracle; and he overlaid it with gold.

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  • 1 Kings 6:15–17

    And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar, both the floor of the house, and the walls of the cieling: and he covered them on the inside with wood, and covered the floor of the house with planks of fir.

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