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2 Chronicles 3:6

Parvaim

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.

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

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.

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.

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BSB
He adorned the temple with precious stones for beauty, and its gold was from Parvaim.
KJV
And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold was gold of Parvaim.
WEB
He decorated the house with precious stones for beauty. The gold was gold from Parvaim.
ASV
And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold was gold of Parvaim.
DARBY
And he overlaid the house with precious stones for beauty; and the gold was gold of Parvaim.
BLB
And he decorated the house with precious stones for beauty, and the gold [was] gold of Parvaim.
ÅB
Han prydet huset med dyre steiner. Gullet var gull fra Parva'im.
OTB
Han prydet også huset med edelstener;
og gullet var gull fra Parvaim.
B1930
Han prydet huset med dyre stener. Gullet var gull fra Parva'im.

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  • Isaiah 54:11–12

    O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.

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  • Revelation 21:18–21

    And the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto clear glass.

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  • 1 Chronicles 29:8

    And they with whom precious stones were found gave them to the treasure of the house of the LORD, by the hand of Jehiel the Gershonite.

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  • 1 Chronicles 29:2

    Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the gold for things to be made of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and the brass for things of brass, the iron for things of iron, and wood for things of wood; onyx stones, and stones to be set, glistering stones, and of divers colours, and all manner of precious stones, and marble stones in abundance.

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