2 Chronicles 3:9
“And the weight of the nailes was fiftie shekels of gold: and he ouerlaide the vpper chambers with gold.”
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2 Chronicles 3:9 Context
7Hee ouerlaid also the house, the beames, the postes and the wals thereof, and the doores thereof with gold, and graued Cherubims on the walles. 8And he made the most holy house, the length whereof was, according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof twentie cubits: and he ouerlaid it with fine gold amounting to sixe hundred talents. 9And the weight of the nailes was fiftie shekels of gold: and he ouerlaide the vpper chambers with gold. 10And in the most holy place hee made two Cherubims of image work, and ouerlaid them with gold. 11¶ And the wings of the Cherubims were twentie cubites long: one wing of the one Cherub was fiue cubites, reaching to the wall of the house: and the other wing was likewise fiue cubites, reaching to the wing of the other Cherub:
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Other Translations for 2 Chronicles 3:9
And the weight of the nails [was] fifty shekels of gold. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold.
- King James Version
The weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. He also overlaid the upper rooms with gold.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And fifty shekels weight of gold was used for the nails. He had all the higher rooms plated with gold.
- Basic English Bible
And the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. And he covered the upper chambers with gold.
- Darby Bible
And the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold.
- Webster's Bible
The weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. He overlaid the upper rooms with gold.
- World English Bible
and the weight of the nails [is] fifty shekels of gold, and the upper chambers he hath covered with gold.
- Youngs Literal Bible
And the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for 2 Chronicles 3:9
3:9 Nails - Each of the nails, screws, or pins, by which the golden plates were fastened to the walls, weighed, or rather was worth, fifty shekels, workmanship and all. Upper chambers - Rather, the roof.