He made the most holy place. Its length, according to the width of the house, was twenty cubits, and its width twenty cubits; and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents.
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He made the most holy place. Its length, according to the width of the house, was twenty cubits, and its width twenty cubits; and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents.
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And he made the most holy house, the length whereof was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits: and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents.
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And he made the most holy place; the length thereof, according to the breadth of the house, was twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits; and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents.
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Passages linked to 2 Chronicles 3:8 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Exodus 26:33 You shall hang up the veil under the clasps, and shall bring the ark of the covenant in there within the veil. The veil shall separate the holy place from the most holy for you.
- 1 Kings 6:16 He built twenty cubits on the back part of the house with boards of cedar from the floor to the ceiling. He built them for it within, for an inner sanctuary, even for the most holy place.
- 1 Kings 6:19-20 He prepared an inner sanctuary in the middle of the house within, to set the ark of Yahweh’s covenant there. Within the inner sanctuary was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in width, and twenty cubits in its height; and he overlaid it with pure gold; and he covered the altar with cedar.
- Hebrews 9:3 After the second veil was the tabernacle which is called the Holy of Holies,
- Hebrews 9:9 This is a symbol of the present age, where gifts and sacrifices are offered that are incapable, concerning the conscience, of making the worshiper perfect,
- Hebrews 10:19 Having therefore, brothers, boldness to enter into the holy place by the blood of Jesus,
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 2Ch 3:8 And he made the most holy house,…
2Ch 3:8 And he made the most holy house, the length whereof [was] according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits: and he overlaid it with fine gold, [amounting] to six hundred talents.
Ver. 8. Six hundred talents.] Which is, as we count it, two millions and two hundred and fifty thousand pound.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain 2Ch 3:8-10. Fine gold amounting to six hundred talents…
2Ch 3:8-10. Fine gold amounting to six hundred talents — That is, upward of three millions forty-five thousand pounds sterling. This vast sum was expended on the holy of holies alone, a room only ten yards square. The weight of the nails — That is, of each of the nails, screws, or pins, by which the golden plates were fastened to the walls that were overlaid with them, was fifty shekels of gold — The meaning seems to be, that each weighed or was worth that sum, workmanship and all. Two cherubims of image-work — Or, sculpture-work. And overlaid them with gold — For they were made of olive-wood, and were not, like those of Moses, of beaten gold. Nor were they fixed, as his were, to the mercy-seat, but appeared in a moving posture.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain The most holy house - i. e., the sanctuary,…
The most holy house - i. e., the sanctuary, or holy of holies. On the probable value of the gold, see 1Ki 10:14 note.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Amounting to about, is not in Hebrew. (Haydock)
Amounting to about, is not in Hebrew. (Haydock)
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain DIMENSIONS, &C., OF THE MOST HOLY HOUSE. (Ch2 3:8-13)
DIMENSIONS, &C., OF THE MOST HOLY HOUSE. (Ch2 3:8-13)
the most holy house--It was a perfect cube (compare Kg1 6:20).
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overlaid it with . . . gold, amounting to six hundred talents--at £4 per ounce, equal to £3,600,000.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 8, 9. The Holy of Holies
8, 9. The Holy of Holies
8. the most holy house] Called the oracle in 1Ki_6:16; 1Ki_6:19 etc., Hebrew dìbîr, which means rather the hinder part. The Lord “dwells” in the inmost recess of the house.
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amounting to six hundred talents] This detail is not found elsewhere. But cp. 1Ch_29:4.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (c) THE HOLY OF HOLIES, OR CHANCEL, WITH THE…
(c) THE HOLY OF HOLIES, OR CHANCEL, WITH THE CHERUBIM AND THE VAIL (2Ch_3:8-14).
(8) The most holy house.—The chamber of the Holy of holies, or chancel, called also the oracle (Dĕbîr), 1Ki_6:5. (So 2Ch_3:10.)
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The length whereof was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits.—Its length before the breadth of the house was twenty cubits. (See Note on 2Ch_3:4.)
And the breadth thereof twenty cubits.—1Ki_6:20 adds that the height also was twenty cubits, so that the chamber formed a perfect cube.
Six hundred talents.—The weight of gold thus expended on the plating of the walls of the inner shrine is not given in Kings. Solomon’s whole yearly revenue was 666 talents (1Ki_10:14).
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain The most holy house. The writer proceeds from speaking…
The most holy house. The writer proceeds from speaking of "the greater house" (ver. 5), or holy place, to the "holy of holies." The parallel (1Ki_6:20) adds the height, as also 20 cubits. Six hundred talents. It is impossible to assert with any accuracy the money value intended here. Six hundred talents of gold is an amazing proportion of the yearly revenue of 666 talents of gold, spoken of in 1Ki_10:14. This latter amount is worth, in Keil"s estimate, about three million and three quarters of our money, but in Peele"s estimate nearer double that! The Hebrew, Phoenician, and Assyrian unit of weight is the same, and one quite different from the Egyptian. The silver talent (Hebrew, ciccar, rKKi) contained 60 manehs, each maneh being equal to 50 shekels, and a shekel being worth 220 grains; i.e. there were 3000 shekels, or 660, 000 grains, in such talent. But the gold talent con-rained 100 manehs, the maneh 100 shekels, and the shekel 132 grains, making this gold talent the equivalent of 10, 000 shekels, or 1, 320, 000 grains. The "holy shekel," or "shekel of the sanctuary," could be either of gold or silver. (Exo_38:4, Exo_38:5) (For some treatment of this still unsatisfactory subject, see Dr. Smith"s. Bible Dictionary," 3:1727-1736; and Conder"s "Handbook to the Bible," 2nd edit., pp. 64-78, 81.)
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 He built ... He overlaid
He built ... He overlaid
The readers should understand that Solomon probably commanded other people to do the actual work. AT: "Solomon's workers built ... They overlaid" (See: Metonymy)
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twenty cubits
A cubit is 46 centimeters. AT: "9.2 meters" (See: Biblical Distance)
six hundred talents
"600 talents." A talent is 33 kilograms. AT: "about 20 metric tons" (See: Numbers and Biblical Money)
fifty shekels
"50 shekels." A shekel is 11 grams. AT: ".55 kilograms" or "about a half a kilogram"(See: Numbers and Biblical Money)
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 3:8 A special area was constructed at the extreme…
3:8 A special area was constructed at the extreme interior of the hall known as the Most Holy Place (the divine throne room). It might have been a sacred throne space within the long hall, or it might have been a secondary room within the main hall. The dimensions of the Most Holy Place were equally 30 feet (20 cubits) in all directions. It might have rested on an elevated platform, as did the shrines of other temples, and a space might have existed between the room and the roof. The Most Holy Place was prepared as a repository for the Ark, which contained the terms of the covenant.
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