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2 Chronicles 3:7

5 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.

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

8 Then he made the Most Holy Place; its length corresponded to the width of the temple—twenty cubits long and twenty cubits wide. And he overlaid the inside with six hundred talents of fine gold.

9 The weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. He also overlaid the upper area with gold.

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BSB
He overlaid its beams, thresholds, walls, and doors with gold, and he carved cherubim on the walls.
KJV
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.
WEB
He also overlaid the house, the beams, the thresholds, its walls, and its doors with gold, and engraved cherubim on the walls.
ASV
He overlaid also the house, the beams, the thresholds, and the walls thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved cherubim on the walls.
DARBY
And he covered the house, the beams, the threshold, and its walls, and its doors with gold, and engraved cherubim on the walls.
BLB
And He overlaid the house, the beams, and the thresholds, and its walls, and its doors, with gold, and he carved cherubim on the walls.
ÅB
Hele huset, både bjelkene og dørtresklene og veggene og dørene kledde han med gull og skar ut kjeruber på veggene.
OTB
Han kledde huset, dets bjelker, dets terskler, dets vegger og dets dører med gull,
og han skar ut kjeruber på veggene.
B1930
Hele huset, både bjelkene og dørtresklene og veggene og dørene klædde han med gull og skar ut kjeruber på veggene.

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Cross references

  • 1 Kings 6:20–22

    The inner sanctuary was twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and twenty cubits high. He overlaid the inside with pure gold, and he also overlaid the altar of cedar.

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  • Exodus 26:29

    Overlay the frames with gold and make gold rings to hold the crossbars. Also overlay the crossbars with gold.

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  • 1 Kings 6:29–35

    Then he carved the walls all around the temple, in both the inner and outer sanctuaries, with carved engravings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers.

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  • Exodus 26:1

    “You are to construct the tabernacle itself with ten curtains of finely spun linen, each with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and cherubim skillfully worked into them.

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  • Ezekiel 7:20

    His beautiful ornaments they transformed into pride and used them to fashion their vile images and detestable idols. Therefore I will make these into something unclean for them.

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