2 Chronicles 3:9 Parallel Translations
NASB: The weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. He also overlaid the upper rooms with gold. (NASB ©1995)
GWT: The gold nails weighed 20 ounces. He also overlaid the upper rooms with gold.(GOD'S WORD®)
KJV: And the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold.
ASV: And the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold.
BBE: And fifty shekels weight of gold was used for the nails. He had all the higher rooms plated with gold.
DBY: And the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. And he covered the upper chambers with gold.
ERV: And the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold.
JPS: And the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold.
WBS: And the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold.
WEB: The weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. He overlaid the upper chambers with gold.
YLT: and the weight of the nails is fifty shekels of gold, and the upper chambers he hath covered with gold.
2 Chronicles 3:9 Cross References
XREF:1 Chronicles 28:11 Then David gave to his son Solomon the plan of the porch of the temple, its buildings, its storehouses, its upper rooms, its inner rooms and the room for the mercy seat; (NASB ©1995)
Commentaries and Concordances
WES: 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.
MHC: 3:1-17 The building of the temple. - There is a more particular account of the building of the temple in #1Ki 6". It must be in the place David had prepared, not only which he had purchased, but which he had fixed on by Divine direction. Full instructions enable us to go about our work with certainty and to proceed therein with comfort. Blessed be God, the Scriptures are enough to render the man of God thoroughly furnished for every good work. Let us search the Scriptures daily, beseeching the Lord to enable us to understand, believe, and obey his word, that our work and our way may be made plain, and that all may be begun, continued, and ended in him. Beholding God, in Christ, his true Temple, more glorious than that of Solomon's, may we become a spiritual house, a habitation of God through the Spirit.
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