2 Chronicles

2 Chronicles 3:5–9

5He paneled the main room with cypress,g which he overlaid with fine gold and decorated with palm trees and chains. 6He adorned the temple with precious stones for beauty, and its gold was from Parvaim. 7He overlaid its beams, thresholds, walls, and doors with gold, and he carved cherubim on the walls.

8Then he made the Most Holy Place;h its length corresponded to the width of the temple— twenty cubits long and twenty cubits wide. And he overlaid the inside with six hundred talents of fine gold.i 9The weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold.j He also overlaid the upper rooms with gold.

Footnotes

  • g 3:5 Or pine or juniper or fir
  • h 3:8 Or the Holy of Holies; also in verse 10
  • i 3:8 600 talents is approximately 22.6 tons or 20.5 metric tons of gold.
  • j 3:9 50 shekels is approximately 1.26 pounds or 569.8 grams of gold.

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2 Chronicles 3:5

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
He paneledחִפָּה֙ḥip·pāhVerb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singularH2645 cover
the mainהַגָּד֗וֹלhag·gā·ḏō·wlArticle; Adjective - masculine singularH1419 great
roomהַבַּ֣יִתhab·ba·yiṯArticle; Noun - masculine singularH1004 house
withעֵ֣ץ‘êṣNoun - masculine singular constructH6086 tree, trees, wood
cypressבְּרוֹשִׁ֔יםbə·rō·wō·šîmNoun - masculine pluralH1265 cypress or fir
which he overlaidוַיְחַפֵּ֖הוּway·ḥap·pê·hūConjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular; third person masculine singularH2645 cover
with fineט֑וֹבṭō·wḇAdjective - masculine singularH2896 pleasant, agreeable, good
goldזָהָ֣בzā·hāḇNoun - masculine singularH2091 gold
and decoratedוַיַּ֧עַלway·ya·‘alConjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularH5927 go up, ascend, climb
with palm treesתִּמֹרִ֖יםti·mō·rîmNoun - feminine pluralH8561 palm-like pilaster
and chainsוְשַׁרְשְׁרֽוֹת׃wə·šar·šə·rō·wṯConjunctive waw; Noun - feminine pluralH8333 chain

2 Chronicles 3:6

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
He adornedוַיְצַ֧ףway·ṣap̄Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularH6823 lay out, lay over
the templeהַבַּ֛יִתhab·ba·yiṯArticle; Noun - masculine singularH1004 house
with preciousיְקָרָ֖הyə·qā·rāhAdjective - feminine singularH3368 precious, rare, splendid, weighty
stonesאֶ֥בֶן’e·ḇenNoun - feminine singularH68 stone
for beautyלְתִפְאָ֑רֶתlə·ṯip̄·’ā·reṯPreposition-l; Noun - feminine singularH8597 beauty, glory
and its goldוְהַזָּהָ֖בwə·haz·zā·hāḇConjunctive waw, Article; Noun - masculine singularH2091 gold
from Parvaimפַּרְוָֽיִם׃par·wā·yimNoun - proper - feminine singularH6516 Parvajim

2 Chronicles 3:7

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
He overlaidוַיְחַ֨ףway·ḥap̄Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularH2645 cover
beamsהַקֹּר֧וֹתhaq·qō·rō·wṯArticle; Noun - feminine pluralH6982 rafter, beam
thresholdsהַסִּפִּ֛יםhas·sip·pîmArticle; Noun - masculine pluralH5592 basin, goblet
wallsוְקִֽירוֹתָ֥יוwə·qî·rō·w·ṯāwConjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine singularH7023 wall
and doorsוְדַלְתוֹתָ֖יוwə·ḏal·ṯō·w·ṯāwConjunctive waw; Noun - feminine plural construct; third person masculine singularH1817 door
with goldזָהָ֑בzā·hāḇNoun - masculine singularH2091 gold
and he carvedוּפִתַּ֥חū·p̄it·taḥConjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singularH6605 open
cherubimכְּרוּבִ֖יםkə·rū·ḇîmNoun - masculine pluralH3742 cherub
onעַל־‘al-PrepositionH5921 height
the wallsהַקִּירֽוֹת׃סhaq·qî·rō·wṯArticle; Noun - masculine pluralH7023 wall

2 Chronicles 3:8

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
Then he madeוַיַּ֙עַשׂ֙way·ya·‘aśConjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularH6213 do, make
the Most Holyקֹ֣דֶשׁqō·ḏešNoun - masculine singular constructH6944 sacred, sanctity
Placeבֵּֽית־bêṯ-Noun - masculine singular constructH1004 house
its lengthאָרְכּ֞וֹ’ā·rə·kōwNoun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singularH753 length
corresponded toעַל־‘al-PrepositionH5921 height
the widthרֹֽחַב־rō·ḥaḇ-Noun - masculine singular constructH7341 breadth, width
of the templeהַבַּ֙יִת֙hab·ba·yiṯArticle; Noun - masculine singularH1004 house
twentyעֶשְׂרִ֔ים‘eś·rîmNumber - common pluralH6242 (a) twenty
cubitsאַמּ֣וֹת’am·mō·wṯNoun - feminine pluralH520 ell, cubit
and twentyעֶשְׂרִ֑ים‘eś·rîmNumber - common pluralH6242 (a) twenty
cubitsאַמּ֣וֹת’am·mō·wṯNoun - feminine pluralH520 ell, cubit
wideוְרָחְבּ֖וֹwə·rā·ḥə·bōwConjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singularH7341 breadth, width
And he overlaidוַיְחַפֵּ֙הוּ֙way·ḥap·pê·hūConjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular; third person masculine singularH2645 cover
with sixשֵׁ֥שׁšêšNumber - feminine singularH8337 six
hundredמֵאֽוֹת׃mê·’ō·wṯNumber - feminine pluralH3967 hundred
talentsלְכִכָּרִ֖יםlə·ḵik·kā·rîmPreposition-l; Noun - feminine pluralH3603 a round
of fineט֔וֹבṭō·wḇAdjective - masculine singularH2896 pleasant, agreeable, good
goldזָהָ֣בzā·hāḇNoun - masculine singularH2091 gold

2 Chronicles 3:9

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
The weightוּמִשְׁקָ֛לū·miš·qālConjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singularH4948 id.
of the nailsלְמִסְמְר֥וֹתlə·mis·mə·rō·wṯPreposition-l; Noun - masculine pluralH4548 nail
was fiftyחֲמִשִּׁ֣יםḥă·miš·šîmNumber - common pluralH2572 fifty
shekelsלִשְׁקָלִ֖יםliš·qā·lîmPreposition-l; Noun - masculine pluralH8255 shekel
of goldזָהָ֑בzā·hāḇNoun - masculine singularH2091 gold
He also overlaidחִפָּ֥הḥip·pāhVerb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singularH2645 cover
the upper roomsוְהָעֲלִיּ֖וֹתwə·hā·‘ă·lî·yō·wṯConjunctive waw, Article; Noun - feminine pluralH5944 roof-chamber
with goldזָהָֽב׃zā·hāḇNoun - masculine singularH2091 gold

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2 Chronicles 3:7 1 Kings 6:20–22

2 Chronicles 3:8 Exodus 26:33 · Hebrews 9:3 · 1 Kings 6:16 · 1 Kings 6:19–20 · Hebrews 10:19 · Hebrews 9:9

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