2 Chronicles 3:8

8 Now he made ¹the 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.

2 Chronicles 3:8 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 3:8

(See Gill on 2 Chronicles 3:1).

2 Chronicles 3:8 In-Context

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.

9 The weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. He also overlaid the upper rooms with gold.

10 Then he made two sculptured cherubim in the room of the holy of holies and overlaid them with gold.

Cross References

• 1. Exodus 26:33; 1 Kings 6:16

Footnotes

• [a] Lit "house"