2 Chronicles 3:8

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

He made the Most Holy Place in the inner sanctuary. Its length was twenty cubits, corresponding to the width of the house, and its width was twenty cubits. He overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    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.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    And he made the most holy house, the length of which was according to the width of the house, twenty cubits, and the width was twenty cubits: and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And he made{H6213} the most{H6944} holy{H6944} house:{H1004} the length{H753} thereof, according to{H6440} the breadth{H7341} of the house,{H1004} was twenty{H6242} cubits,{H520} and the breadth{H7341} thereof twenty{H6242} cubits;{H520} and he overlaid{H2645} it with fine{H2896} gold,{H2091} amounting to six{H8337} hundred{H3967} talents.{H3603}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And he made{H6213}{(H8799)} the most{H6944} holy{H6944} house{H1004}, the length{H753} whereof was according to{H6440} the breadth{H7341} of the house{H1004}, twenty{H6242} cubits{H520}, and the breadth{H7341} thereof twenty{H6242} cubits{H520}: and he overlaid{H2645}{(H8762)} it with fine{H2896} gold{H2091}, amounting to six{H8337} hundred{H3967} talents{H3603}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    He made also the house of the Most holy, whose length was twentye cubites acordinge to the wydenesse of the house: and the bredth of it was twentye cubites likewyse, and he ouerlayed it with the best golde by sixe hundreth talentes.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    He made also the house of the most holy place: the length thereof was in the front of the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, & the breadth thereof twentie cubites: and he ouerlayde it with the best golde, of sixe hundreth talents.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And he made the house most holy: whose length was twentie cubites like to the breadth of the house, and the breadth therof was also twentie cubites: and he ouerlayed it with good golde, euen with sixe hundred talentes.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    He made the most holy house: the length of it, according to the breadth of the house, was twenty cubits, and the breadth of it twenty cubits; and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And he maketh the most holy house: its length `is' by the front of the breadth of the house twenty cubits, and its breadth twenty cubits, and he covereth it with good gold, to six hundred talents;

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And he made the most holy house: 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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And he made the most holy house: 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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And he made the most holy place; it was twenty cubits long, and twenty cubits wide, like the greater house, and was plated all over with the best gold; six hundred talents were used for it.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    He made the most holy house: its length, according to the breadth of the house, was twenty cubits, and its breadth twenty cubits; and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    He made the most holy place; its length was 30 feet, corresponding to the width of the temple, and its width 30 feet. He plated it with 600 talents of fine gold.

Referenced Verses

  • Exod 26:33 : 33 You shall hang the veil under the clasps and bring the Ark of the Testimony inside the veil, and the veil shall separate the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place for you.
  • 1 Kgs 6:16 : 16 He built twenty cubits at the rear of the house with cedar boards, from the floor to the walls, to form the inner sanctuary, the Most Holy Place.
  • 1 Kgs 6:19-20 : 19 He prepared the inner sanctuary inside the house to set the ark of the covenant of the LORD there. 20 The inner sanctuary was twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and twenty cubits high, and he overlaid it with pure gold. He also overlaid the altar with cedar.
  • Heb 9:3 : 3 Behind the second curtain was a room called the Most Holy Place.
  • Heb 9:9 : 9 This is a symbol for the present time, indicating that the gifts and sacrifices being offered cannot perfect the worshiper in conscience.
  • Heb 10:19 : 19 Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus,

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • 2 Chr 3:3-7
    5 verses
    85%

    3 These are the measurements that Solomon laid for building the house of God: sixty cubits long, according to the old standard, and twenty cubits wide.

    4 The porch in front of the house was twenty cubits long, corresponding to the width of the house, and its height was one hundred and twenty cubits. He overlaid the inside with pure gold.

    5 He paneled the main hall with cypress wood and overlaid it with fine gold, and he decorated it with palm trees and chains.

    6 He adorned the house with precious stones for beauty, and the gold used was gold from Parvaim.

    7 He overlaid the beams, thresholds, walls, and doors of the house with gold, and he carved cherubim on the walls.

  • 2 Chr 3:9-10
    2 verses
    85%

    9 The weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold, and he also overlaid the upper chambers with gold.

    10 He made two cherubim in the Most Holy Place, crafted out of sculptured work, and overlaid them with gold.

  • 1 Kgs 6:19-23
    5 verses
    83%

    19 He prepared the inner sanctuary inside the house to set the ark of the covenant of the LORD there.

    20 The inner sanctuary was twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and twenty cubits high, and he overlaid it with pure gold. He also overlaid the altar with cedar.

    21 Solomon overlaid the interior of the house with pure gold, and he placed gold chains across the front of the inner sanctuary, which he also overlaid with gold.

    22 So the entire house was overlaid with gold until the entire house was finished. He also overlaid the altar that belonged to the inner sanctuary with gold.

    23 In the inner sanctuary, he made two cherubim of olive wood, each ten cubits high.

  • 1 Kgs 6:16-17
    2 verses
    79%

    16 He built twenty cubits at the rear of the house with cedar boards, from the floor to the walls, to form the inner sanctuary, the Most Holy Place.

    17 The main hall in front of the inner sanctuary was forty cubits long.

  • 1 Kgs 6:2-3
    2 verses
    79%

    2 The house that King Solomon built for the LORD was sixty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high.

    3 The vestibule in front of the main hall of the house was twenty cubits long, extending along the width of the house, and ten cubits deep in front of the house.

  • 1 Kgs 6:30
    77%

    30 He also overlaid the floor of the house with gold, both the inner and the outer rooms.

  • 1 Kgs 6:5-6
    2 verses
    77%

    5 He built a structure against the wall of the house, enclosing the walls of the house around the main hall and the inner sanctuary, and he made side chambers all around.

    6 The lowest side chamber was five cubits wide, the middle was six cubits wide, and the third was seven cubits wide. For around the outside of the house, he made offsets on the wall so that the beams would not be embedded in the walls of the house.

  • Ezek 41:3-5
    3 verses
    77%

    3 Then he went inside and measured the jambs of the entrance, which were two cubits; the entrance itself was six cubits, and the width of the entrance was seven cubits.

    4 He measured the length of the room as twenty cubits and its width as twenty cubits in front of the temple. He said to me, "This is the Most Holy Place."

    5 Then he measured the wall of the temple, which was six cubits thick, and the width of the side rooms surrounding the temple was four cubits.

  • Exod 37:24
    75%

    24 He made the lampstand and all its accessories from one talent of pure gold.

  • Ezek 41:12-15
    4 verses
    75%

    12 The building facing the courtyard on the west side was seventy cubits wide, and its wall was five cubits thick all around, and its length was ninety cubits.

    13 Then he measured the temple. It was one hundred cubits long, and the separate courtyard, building, and its walls were also one hundred cubits long.

    14 The width of the front of the temple and the separate courtyard to the east was one hundred cubits.

    15 He measured the length of the building facing the courtyard at the back, along with its galleries on either side, which were one hundred cubits. The interior of the temple and the porches of the courtyard were also measured.

  • Ezek 45:3
    75%

    3 From this measured area, you are to measure twenty-five thousand cubits in length and ten thousand cubits in width. Within it will be the sanctuary, the Most Holy Place.

  • 1 Chr 29:4
    74%

    4 This includes three thousand talents of gold from Ophir and seven thousand talents of refined silver to overlay the walls of the buildings.

  • Exod 38:24
    74%

    24 The total gold from the wave offering used for the work on the sanctuary amounted to 29 talents and 730 shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel.

  • 2 Chr 3:14-15
    2 verses
    74%

    14 He made the curtain of blue, purple, crimson, and fine linen, and he embroidered cherubim on it.

    15 He made two pillars in front of the temple, thirty-five cubits high each, with a capital of five cubits on top of each.

  • 1 Kgs 7:6
    73%

    6 He made the Hall of Pillars, which was fifty cubits long and thirty cubits wide, with a portico in front of the pillars and a canopy above them.

  • Exod 37:6
    73%

    6 He made a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and one and a half cubits wide.

  • Ezra 8:26
    73%

    26 And I weighed out into their hands 650 talents of silver, 100 silver vessels worth talents, and 100 talents of gold.

  • Exod 37:2
    73%

    2 He overlaid it with pure gold inside and out and made a gold molding to surround it.

  • Ezek 41:10
    73%

    10 There was a space of twenty cubits between the side chambers and the outer chambers, all around the temple.

  • Ezek 40:47
    73%

    47 He measured the courtyard as one hundred cubits long and one hundred cubits wide, forming a square. The altar was in front of the temple.

  • Ezek 42:3
    73%

    3 It faced the twenty cubits belonging to the inner court and the pavement belonging to the outer court, with a gallery facing a gallery, set in three tiers.

  • 1 Kgs 6:28
    72%

    28 He overlaid the cherubim with gold.

  • 2 Chr 4:22
    72%

    22 The snuffers, basins, cups, and firepans made of refined gold; and the doors of the temple: the inner doors to the Most Holy Place and the doors of the temple hall were overlaid with gold.

  • 1 Kgs 6:35-36
    2 verses
    72%

    35 He carved cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers on them, and he overlaid the carvings with evenly applied gold.

    36 He built the inner courtyard with three rows of hewn stone and a row of cedar beams.

  • Exod 37:11
    72%

    11 He overlaid it with pure gold and made a gold molding around it.

  • 1 Kgs 10:17
    72%

    17 He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; three minas of gold went into each shield. The king put them in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon.

  • Ezek 42:8
    72%

    8 For the length of the chambers belonging to the outer court was fifty cubits, whereas those that faced the temple were one hundred cubits long.

  • 1 Chr 22:14
    72%

    14 Now, behold, in my trouble, I have prepared for the house of the Lord one hundred thousand talents of gold, a million talents of silver, and so much bronze and iron that it cannot be weighed, as well as timber and stone in abundance, which you may add to.

  • 1 Kgs 6:9
    72%

    9 So he built the house and finished it, and he covered the house with beams and rows of cedar boards.

  • 1 Chr 28:18
    72%

    18 Furthermore, he designated the refined gold for the altar of incense and for the design of the chariot—that is, the gold cherubim that spread their wings and cover the ark of the covenant of the LORD.

  • 2 Chr 4:8
    72%

    8 He made ten tables and placed them in the temple, five on the right and five on the left, and he made a hundred gold bowls.