2 Chronicles 3:9

2 Chronicles 3:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold.
• New International Version (NIV)The gold nails weighed fifty shekels. He also overlaid the upper parts with gold.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The weight of gold for the nails was fifty shekels. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold; and he overlaid the upper area with gold.

Context of 2 Chronicles 3:9

7He also overlaid the building, the rafters, the threshold, the walls, and the doors with gold, and he carved angels into the walls. 8He made the most holy place. It was as long as the temple was wide, 30 feet long. It was also 30 feet wide. He overlaid it with 45,000 pounds of fine gold. The gold nails weighed 20 ounces. He also overlaid the upper rooms with gold. 10In the most holy place he made two sculptured angels and covered them with gold. 11The combined length of the angels’ wings was 30 feet. A wing of one of the angels was 7½ feet long and touched the wall of the building. Its other wing was 7½ feet long and touched one wing of the other.

2 Chronicles 3:9 word by word

וּמִשְׁקָ֛ל לְמִסְמְר֥וֹת לִשְׁקָלִ֖ים חֲמִשִּׁ֣ים זָהָ֑ב וְהָעֲלִיּ֖וֹת חִפָּ֥ה זָהָֽב׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the weightמִשְׁקָלmishqâl · weightH4948
• of the nailsמַסְמֵרmasmêr mismêr masmerâh mismerâh · nailH4548
• fiftyחֲמִשִּׁיםchămishshîym · fiftyH2572
• shekelsשֶׁ֫קֶלsheqel · shekelH8255
• of goldזָהָבzâhâb · goldH2091
• And he overlaidחָפָהchâphâh · to coverH2645
• the upper chambersעֲלִיָּה‛ălîyâh · upper roomH5944

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 3:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9The weight of the nails was fifty shekels - Bolts must be here intended, as it should be preposterous to suppose nails of nearly two pounds' weight. The supper chambers - Probably the ceiling is meant.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9The upper chambers - Compare 1 Chronicles 28:11. Their position is uncertain. Some place them above the holy of holies, which was ten cubits, or fifteen feet lower than the main building (compare 1 Kings 6:2, 1 Kings 6:20); others, accepting the height of the porch 120 cubits 2 Chronicles 3:4, regard the “upper chambers” or “chamber” ̔͂ͅ huperōon Septuagint), as having been a lofty building erected over the entrance to the temple; others suggest that the…Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Chronicles 3:9

• Nail
• Temple

In the dictionaries

• Ceiling
• Crimson
• Nail
• Solomon
• Beauty
• Shekel
• Temple
• Upper Chamber; Upper Room
• New Moon

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 3

• 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