2 Chronicles 3:5

5 He paneled the main hall with cypress and veneered it with fine gold engraved with palm tree and chain designs.

2 Chronicles 3:5 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 3:5

(See Gill on 2 Chronicles 3:1).

2 Chronicles 3:5 In-Context

3 These are the dimensions that Solomon set for the construction of the house of God: ninety feet long and thirty feet wide.

4 The porch in front stretched the width of the building, that is, thirty feet; and it was thirty feet high.

5 He paneled the main hall with cypress and veneered it with fine gold engraved with palm tree and chain designs.

6 He decorated the building with precious stones and gold from Parvaim.

7 Everything was coated with gold veneer: rafters, doorframes, walls, and doors. Cherubim were engraved on the walls.