2 Chronicles 3:9

9 The weight of gold for the nails was fifty shekels.[a] And he overlaid 1the upper chambers with gold.

2 Chronicles 3:9 In-Context

7 So he lined the house with gold--its beams, its thresholds, its walls, and its doors--and he carved cherubim on the walls.
8 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.
9 The weight of gold for the nails was fifty shekels. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold.
10 In the Most Holy Place he made two cherubim of wood and overlaid them with gold.
11 The wings of the cherubim together extended twenty cubits: one wing of the one, of five cubits, touched the wall of the house, and its other wing, of five cubits, touched the wing of the other cherub;

Cross References 1

  • 1. 1 Chronicles 28:11

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams
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