2 Chronicles 3:6

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

2 Chronicles 3:6 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 3:6

(See Gill on 2 Chronicles 3:1).

2 Chronicles 3:6 In-Context

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.
8 He made the Holy of Holies a cube, thirty feet wide, long, and high. It was veneered with 600 talents (something over twenty-two tons) of gold.
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