2 Chronicles 3:8

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

6He decorated the walls of the Temple with beautiful jewels and with gold from the land of Parvaim. 7He overlaid the beams, thresholds, walls, and doors throughout the Temple with gold, and he carved figures of cherubim on the walls. He made the Most Holy Place 30 feet wide, corresponding to the width of the Temple, and 30 feet deep. He overlaid its interior with 23 tons of fine gold. 9The gold nails that were used weighed 20 ounces each. He also overlaid the walls of the upper rooms with gold. 10He made two figures shaped like cherubim, overlaid them with gold, and placed them in the Most Holy Place.

2 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

Words taken from the KJV.

• And he madeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• the mostקֹ֫דֶשׁqôdesh · Most Holy PlaceH6944
• houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• the lengthאֹ֫רֶךְ'ôrek · lengthH753
• according toפָּנֶהpânîym · face ofH6440
• the breadthרֹ֫חַבrôchab · widthH7341
• twentyעֶשְׂרִים‛eώrîym · twentyH6242
• cubitsאַמָּה'ammâh · cubitH520
• and he overlaidחָפָהchâphâh · to coverH2645
• it with fineטוֹבţôb · pleasantH2896
• goldזָהָבzâhâb · goldH2091
• to sixשֵׁשׁshêsh shishshâh · sixH8337
• hundredמֵאָהmê'âh mê'yâh · hundredH3967
• talentsכִּכָּרkikâr · talentH3603

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 3:8

• Exodus 26:33Hang the inner curtain from clasps, and put the Ark of the Covenant in the room behind it. This curtain will separate the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place.
• 1 Kings 6:19He prepared the inner sanctuary at the far end of the Temple, where the Ark of the Lord’s Covenant would be placed.
• Hebrews 9:3Then there was a curtain, and behind the curtain was the second room called the Most Holy Place.
• Hebrews 10:19And so, dear brothers and sisters, we can boldly enter heaven’s Most Holy Place because of 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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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