KJV King James Version
And the weight of the nails [was] fifty shekels of gold. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold.
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2 Chronicles 3:9
And the weight of the nails [was] fifty shekels of gold. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. He also overlaid the upper rooms with gold.
WEB World English Bible
The weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. He overlaid the upper rooms with gold.
ASV American Standard Version
And the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and the weight of the nails is fifty shekels of gold, and the upper chambers he hath covered with gold.
Surrounding context — 2 Chronicles 3
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.
10 And in the most holy house he made two cherubims of image work, and overlaid them with gold.
11 And the wings of the cherubims [were] twenty cubits long: one wing [of the one cherub was] five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and the other wing [was likewise] five cubits, reaching to the wing of the other cherub.
12 And [one] wing of the other cherub [was] five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and the other wing [was] five cubits [also], joining to the wing of the other cherub.
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