2 Chronicles 3
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2 Chronicles 3:3-9

3The foundation that Solomon laid for the house of God was sixty cubits long and twenty cubits wide,1 according to the old standard.2 4The portico at the front, extending across the width of the temple, was twenty cubits long3 and twenty cubits high.4 He overlaid the inside with pure gold.

5He paneled the main room with cypress,5 which he overlaid with fine gold and decorated with palm trees and chains. 6He adorned the temple with precious stones for beauty, and its gold was from Parvaim. 7He overlaid its beams, thresholds, walls, and doors with gold, and he carved cherubim on the walls.

8Then he made the Most Holy Place;6 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.7 9The weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold.8 He also overlaid the upper rooms with gold.

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  1. 1. 2 Chronicles 3:3 The foundation was approximately 90 feet long and 30 feet wide (27.4 meters long and 9.1 meters wide). ↩
  2. 2. 2 Chronicles 3:3 The old standard of measurement was a cubit equal to 18 inches or 45.7 centimeters. The new standard, a cubit of approximately 21 inches or 53.3 centimeters (the long cubit) is the basic unit of length throughout Ezekiel 40 to 48. ↩
  3. 3. 2 Chronicles 3:4 20 cubits is approximately 30 feet or 9.1 meters; also in verses 8, 11, and 13. ↩
  4. 4. 2 Chronicles 3:4 Some LXX and Syriac manuscripts; Hebrew 120 cubits high (approximately 180 feet or 54.9 meters) ↩
  5. 5. 2 Chronicles 3:5 Or pine or juniper or fir ↩
  6. 6. 2 Chronicles 3:8 Or the Holy of Holies; also in verse 10 ↩
  7. 7. 2 Chronicles 3:8 600 talents is approximately 22.6 tons or 20.5 metric tons of gold. ↩
  8. 8. 2 Chronicles 3:9 50 shekels is approximately 1.26 pounds or 569.8 grams of gold. ↩

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