2 Chronicles 3:6

6 Further, he adorned the house with precious stones; and the gold was 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 which was in front of the house was as long as the width of the house, twenty cubits, and the height 120 ; and inside he overlaid it with pure gold.
5 He overlaid the main room with cypress wood and overlaid it with fine gold, and ornamented it with palm trees and chains.
6 Further, he adorned the house with precious stones; and the gold was gold from Parvaim.
7 He also overlaid the house with gold -the beams, the thresholds and its walls and its doors; and he carved cherubim on the walls.
8 Now he made the room of the holy of holies: its length across the width of the house was twenty cubits, and its width was twenty cubits; and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to 600 talents.

Footnotes 2

  • [a]. Lit "overlaid...for beauty"
  • [b]. Or "country of gold"
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