2 Chronicles 3:9

9 The gold nails weighed fifty shekels. He also covered the upper rooms with gold.

2 Chronicles 3:9 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 3:9

(See Gill on 2 Chronicles 3:1).

2 Chronicles 3:9 In-Context

7 He covered the room, its beams, doorframes, walls, and doors with gold, and carved images of winged creatures on the walls.
8 Then he made the most holy place. It was as long as the temple was wide, thirty feet long and thirty feet wide. He covered it with six hundred kikkars of fine gold.
9 The gold nails weighed fifty shekels. He also covered the upper rooms with gold.
10 In the most holy place he formed two statues of winged creatures and covered them with gold.
11 Together the wingspan of these creatures was thirty feet. One of the first creature's wings was seven and a half feet long and touched the temple wall, while the other wing was seven and a half feet long, touching the wing of the other creature.

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Or approximately thirty ounces
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