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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)The gold nails that were used weighed 20 ounces each. He also overlaid the walls of the upper rooms with gold.

Context of 2 Chronicles 3:9

7He overlaid the ceiling beams, doorframes, walls and doors of the temple with gold, and he carved cherubim on the walls. 8He 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. The gold nails weighed fifty shekels. He also overlaid the upper parts with gold. 10For the Most Holy Place he made a pair of sculptured cherubim and overlaid them with gold. 11The total wingspan of the cherubim was twenty cubits. One wing of the first cherub was five cubits long and touched the temple wall, while its other wing, also five cubits long, touched the wing of the other cherub.

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