He adorned the temple with precious stones for beauty, and the gold was the gold of Parvaim. He overlaid the temple—the beams, the thresholds, its walls and doors—with gold,(A) and he carved cherubim on the walls.(B)

The Most Holy Place

Then he made the most holy place; its length corresponded to the width of the temple, 30 feet, and its width was 30 feet.(C) He overlaid it with forty-five thousand pounds[a] of fine gold.

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Footnotes

  1. 3:8 Lit 600 talents

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