5
And the greater house was roofed with cypress-wood, plated with the best gold and ornamented with designs of palm-trees and chains.
6
And the house was made beautiful with stones of great value, and the gold was gold of Parvaim.
7
All the house was plated with gold, the supports, the steps, the walls and the doors; and the walls were ornamented with designs of winged ones.
8
And he made the most holy place; it was twenty cubits long, and twenty cubits wide, like the greater house, and was plated all over with the best gold; six hundred talents were used for it.
9
And fifty shekels weight of gold was used for the nails. He had all the higher rooms plated with gold.
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