2 Chronicles 3:8

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.

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  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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 And you shall hang up the veil under the clasps, that you may bring in there within the veil the ark of the testimony; and the veil shall divide for you between the holy place and the most holy.
  • 1 Kgs 6:16 : 16 And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house, both the floor and the walls with cedar boards; he even built it inside for the oracle, for the most holy place.
  • 1 Kgs 6:19-20 : 19 And the oracle he prepared in the house inside, to set there the ark of the covenant of the LORD. 20 And the oracle in the front was twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and twenty cubits high; and he overlaid it with pure gold, and he covered the altar with cedar.
  • Heb 9:3 : 3 And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of All;
  • Heb 9:9 : 9 Which was a symbol for the present time, in which both gifts and sacrifices are offered that cannot make the worshiper perfect in conscience;
  • Heb 10:19 : 19 Therefore, brothers, having boldness to enter the holiest 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 Now these are the things wherein Solomon was instructed for the building of the house of God. The length by cubits according to the first measure was sixty cubits, and the width twenty cubits.

    4 And the porch that was in the front of the house, the length of it was according to the width of the house, twenty cubits, and the height was one hundred and twenty: and he overlaid it within with pure gold.

    5 And the greater house he paneled with fir tree, which he overlaid with fine gold, and set thereon palm trees and chains.

    6 And he adorned the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold was gold of Parvaim.

    7 He also overlaid the house, the beams, the posts, the walls, and the doors, with gold; and engraved cherubim on the walls.

  • 2 Chr 3:9-10
    2 verses
    85%

    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 cherubim of image work, and overlaid them with gold.

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

    19 And the oracle he prepared in the house inside, to set there the ark of the covenant of the LORD.

    20 And the oracle in the front was twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and twenty cubits high; and he overlaid it with pure gold, and he covered the altar with cedar.

    21 So Solomon overlaid the house inside with pure gold, and he made a partition by the chains of gold before the oracle, and he overlaid it with gold.

    22 And he overlaid the whole house with gold, until he had finished all the house; also the whole altar that was by the oracle he overlaid with gold.

    23 And inside the oracle he made two cherubim of olive wood, each ten cubits high.

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

    16 And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house, both the floor and the walls with cedar boards; he even built it inside for the oracle, for the most holy place.

    17 And the house, that is, the temple in front, was forty cubits long.

  • 1 Kgs 6:2-3
    2 verses
    79%

    2 And the house which King Solomon built for the LORD, its length was sixty cubits, and its width twenty cubits, and its height thirty cubits.

    3 And the porch in front of the temple of the house was twenty cubits long, according to the width of the house, and ten cubits wide in front of the house.

  • 1 Kgs 6:30
    77%

    30 And the floor of the house he overlaid with gold, inside and outside.

  • 1 Kgs 6:5-6
    2 verses
    77%

    5 And against the wall of the house he built chambers all around, against the walls of the house all around, both of the temple and of the oracle; and he made chambers all around.

    6 The lowest chamber was five cubits wide, the middle six cubits wide, and the third seven cubits wide; for he made narrowed rests all around outside of the house, so the beams would not be fastened into the walls of the house.

  • Ezek 41:3-5
    3 verses
    77%

    3 Then he went inward and measured the post of the door, two cubits; and the door, six cubits; and the width of the door, seven cubits.

    4 So he measured its length, twenty cubits; and the width, twenty cubits, before the temple: and he said to me, This is the most holy place.

    5 After, he measured the wall of the house, six cubits; and the width of every side chamber, four cubits, all around the house on every side.

  • Exod 37:24
    75%

    24 Of a talent of pure gold he made it, and all its utensils.

  • Ezek 41:12-15
    4 verses
    75%

    12 Now the building that faced the separate place at the end toward the west was seventy cubits wide; and the wall of the building was five cubits thick all around, and its length ninety cubits.

    13 So he measured the house, one hundred cubits long; and the separate place and the building, with its walls, were one hundred cubits long;

    14 Also the width of the face of the house and of the separate place toward the east was one hundred cubits.

    15 And he measured the length of the building opposite the separate place that was behind it, along with its galleries on the one side and on the other side, one hundred cubits, with the inner temple and the porches of the court;

  • Ezek 45:3
    75%

    3 And from this measurement, you shall measure a length of twenty-five thousand, and a breadth of ten thousand: and in it shall be the sanctuary and the most holy place.

  • 1 Chr 29:4
    74%

    4 Even three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the houses.

  • Exod 38:24
    74%

    24 All the gold used for the work, in all the work of the holy place, even the gold of the offering, was twenty-nine talents and seven hundred thirty shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary.

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

    14 And he made the veil of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and worked cherubim on it.

    15 Also, he made before the house two pillars of thirty-five cubits high, and the capital that was on the top of each of them was five cubits.

  • 1 Kgs 7:6
    73%

    6 And he made a porch of pillars; its length was fifty cubits, and its width thirty cubits. The porch was in front of them, and the other pillars and the thick beam were in front of them.

  • Exod 37:6
    73%

    6 And he made the mercy seat of pure gold: two and a half cubits was its length, and one and a half cubits its width.

  • Ezra 8:26
    73%

    26 I weighed into their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and silver vessels worth one hundred talents, and of gold one hundred talents;

  • Exod 37:2
    73%

    2 And he overlaid it with pure gold inside and outside, and made a gold molding around it.

  • Ezek 41:10
    73%

    10 And between the chambers was a width of twenty cubits all around the house on every side.

  • Ezek 40:47
    73%

    47 He measured the court, one hundred cubits long and one hundred cubits wide, foursquare; and the altar was in front of the temple.

  • Ezek 42:3
    73%

    3 Opposite the twenty cubits which were for the inner court, and opposite the pavement for the outer court, was gallery against gallery in three stories.

  • 1 Kgs 6:28
    72%

    28 And he overlaid the cherubim with gold.

  • 2 Chr 4:22
    72%

    22 The snuffers, the basins, the spoons, and the censers, of pure gold. As for the entry of the house, the inner doors for the Most Holy Place and the doors of the main hall of the temple were gold.

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

    35 And he carved on them cherubim and palm trees and open flowers, and covered them with gold laid on the carved work.

    36 And he built the inner court with three rows of hewn stone and a row of cedar beams.

  • Exod 37:11
    72%

    11 And he overlaid it with pure gold, and made a gold molding around it.

  • 1 Kgs 10:17
    72%

    17 And he made three hundred smaller shields of beaten gold; three pounds of gold went into one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.

  • Ezek 42:8
    72%

    8 For the length of the chambers that were in the outer court was fifty cubits: and behold, in front of the temple were one hundred cubits.

  • 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, and a million talents of silver; and of bronze and iron beyond weight, for it is in abundance: timber also and stone have I prepared; and you may add to them.

  • 1 Kgs 6:9
    72%

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

  • 1 Chr 28:18
    72%

    18 And for the altar of incense refined gold by weight; and gold for the pattern of the chariot of the cherubim, that spread out their wings, and covered the ark of the covenant of the LORD.

  • 2 Chr 4:8
    72%

    8 He also made ten tables and placed them in the temple, five on the right side and five on the left. And he made one hundred basins of gold.