Darby Bible
2 Chronicles 3:8
8And he made the house of the most holy place, the length of which was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and its breadth twenty cubits; and he covered it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents.
2 Chronicles 3:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)He built the Most Holy Place, its length corresponding to the width of the temple—twenty cubits long and twenty cubits wide. He overlaid the inside with six hundred talents of fine gold.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And he made the Most Holy Place. Its length, corresponding to the breadth of the house, was twenty cubits, and its breadth was twenty cubits. He overlaid it with 600 talents of fine gold.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And he made the Most Holy Place. Its length was according to the width of the house, twenty cubits, and its width twenty cubits. He overlaid it with six hundred talents of fine gold.
Context of 2 Chronicles 3:8
6And he overlaid the house with precious stones for beauty; and the gold was gold of Parvaim. 7And he covered the house, the beams, the threshold, and its walls, and its doors with gold, and engraved cherubim on the walls. And he made the house of the most holy place, the length of which was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and its breadth twenty cubits; and he covered it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents. 9And the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. And he covered the upper chambers with gold. 10And in the house of the most holy place he made two cherubim of image work, and they overlaid them with gold.
Read all of 2 Chronicles 32 Chronicles 3:8 word by word
וַיַּ֙עַשׂ֙ אֶת־בֵּֽית־קֹ֣דֶשׁ הַקֳּדָשִׁ֔ים אָרְכּ֞וֹ עַל־פְּנֵ֤י רֹֽחַב־הַבַּ֙יִת֙ אַמּ֣וֹת עֶשְׂרִ֔ים וְרָחְבּ֖וֹ אַמּ֣וֹת עֶשְׂרִ֑ים וַיְחַפֵּ֙הוּ֙ זָהָ֣ב ט֔וֹב לְכִכָּרִ֖ים שֵׁ֥שׁ מֵאֽוֹת׃Read the interlinear
- madeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
- houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
- holyקֹ֫דֶשׁqôdesh · holinessH6944
- lengthאֹ֫רֶךְ'ôrek · lengthH753
- breadthרֹ֫חַבrôchab · widthH7341
- twentyעֶשְׂרִים‛eώrîym · twentyH6242
- cubitsאַמָּה'ammâh · cubitH520
- coveredחָפָהchâphâh · to coverH2645
- goldזָהָבzâhâb · goldH2091
- sixשֵׁשׁshêsh shishshâh · sixH8337
- hundredמֵאָהmê'âh mê'yâh · hundredH3967
- talentsכִּכָּרkikâr · talentH3603
Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 3:8
- Exodus 26:33And thou shalt bring the veil under the clasps, and bring in thither, inside the veil, the ark of the testimony; and the curtain shall make a division to you between the holy [place] and the holiest of all.
- 1 Kings 6:19And he prepared the oracle in the midst of the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of Jehovah.
- Hebrews 9:3but after the second veil a tabernacle which is called Holy of holies,
- Hebrews 10:19Having therefore, brethren, boldness for entering into the [holy of] holies by the blood of Jesus,
Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 3:8
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8The most holy house - i. e., the sanctuary, or holy of holies. On the probable value of the gold, see 1 Kings 10:14 note.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8A special area called the most holy place was built deep inside the hall. It could have been a sacred throne space within the long hall or a separate room inside the main hall. The most holy place measured 9.1 meters (twenty cubits) in every direction. It might have been on a raised platform, similar to shrines in other temples, and there might have been space between the room and the roof. The most holy place was designed to hold the ark, which contained…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. the most holy house--It was a perfect cube (compare 1Ki 6:20). overlaid it with ... gold, amounting to six hundred talents--at £4 per ounce, equal to £3,600,000.Read the comment
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- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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