KJV King James Version
And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold [was] gold of Parvaim.
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2 Chronicles 3:6
And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold [was] gold of Parvaim.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
He adorned the temple with precious stones for beauty, and its gold was from Parvaim.
WEB World English Bible
He garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold was gold of Parvaim.
ASV American Standard Version
And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold was gold of Parvaim.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and he overlayeth the house with precious stone for beauty, and the gold is gold of Parvaim,
Surrounding context — 2 Chronicles 3
3 Now these [are the things wherein] Solomon was instructed for the building of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first measure [was] threescore cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.
4 And the porch that [was] in the front [of the house], the length [of it was] according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the height [was] an hundred and twenty: and he overlaid it within with pure gold.
5 And the greater house he cieled with fir tree, which he overlaid with fine gold, and set thereon palm trees and chains.
6 And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold [was] gold of Parvaim.
7 He overlaid also the house, the beams, the posts, and the walls thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved cherubims on the walls.
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.
9 And the weight of the nails [was] fifty shekels of gold. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold.
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1 Chronicles 29:2Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the gold for [things to be made] of gold, and the silver for [things] of silver, and the brass for [things] of brass, the iron for [things] of iron, and wood for [things] of wood; onyx stones, and [stones] to be set, glistering stones, and of divers colours, and all manner of precious stones, and marble stones in abundance.1 Chronicles 29:8And they with whom [precious] stones were found gave [them] to the treasure of the house of the LORD, by the hand of Jehiel the Gershonite.Revelation 21:18-21And the building of the wall of it was [of] jasper: and the city [was] pure gold, like unto clear glass.Isaiah 54:11-12O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, [and] not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.
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