2 Chronicles 3:7

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

He overlaid the temple’s rafters, thresholds, walls and doors with gold; he carved decorative cherubim on the walls.

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  • 1 Kgs 6:20-22 : 20 The inner sanctuary was 30 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 30 feet high. He plated it with gold, as well as the cedar altar. 21 Solomon plated the inside of the temple with gold. He hung golden chains in front of the inner sanctuary and plated the inner sanctuary with gold. 22 He plated the entire inside of the temple with gold, as well as the altar inside the inner sanctuary.
  • 1 Kgs 6:29-35 : 29 On all the walls around the temple, inside and out, he carved cherubim, palm trees, and flowers in bloom. 30 He plated the floor of the temple with gold, inside and out. 31 He made doors of olive wood at the entrance to the inner sanctuary; the pillar on each doorpost was five-sided. 32 On the two doors made of olive wood he carved cherubim, palm trees, and flowers in bloom, and he plated them with gold. He plated the cherubim and the palm trees with hammered gold. 33 In the same way he made doorposts of olive wood for the entrance to the main hall, only with four-sided pillars. 34 He also made two doors out of wood from evergreens; each door had two folding leaves. 35 He carved cherubim, palm trees, and flowers in bloom and plated them with gold, leveled out over the carvings.
  • Ezek 7:20 : 20 They rendered the beauty of his ornaments into pride, and with it they made their abominable images– their detestable idols. Therefore I will render it filthy to them.
  • Exod 26:1 : 1 The Tabernacle“The tabernacle itself you are to make with ten curtains of fine twisted linen and blue and purple and scarlet; you are to make them with cherubim that are the work of an artistic designer.
  • Exod 26:29 : 29 You are to overlay the frames with gold and make their rings of gold to provide places for the bars, and you are to overlay the bars with gold.

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  • 2 Chr 3:4-6
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    4The porch in front of the main hall was 30 feet long, corresponding to the width of the temple, and its height was 30 feet. He plated the inside with pure gold.

    5He paneled the main hall with boards made from evergreen trees and plated it with fine gold, decorated with palm trees and chains.

    6He decorated the temple with precious stones; the gold he used came from Parvaim.

  • 2 Chr 3:8-10
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    8He 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.

    9The gold nails weighed 50 shekels; he also plated the upper areas with gold.

    10In the most holy place he made two images of cherubim and plated them with gold.

  • 1 Kgs 6:27-32
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    27He put the cherubim in the inner sanctuary of the temple. Their wings were spread out. One of the first cherub’s wings touched one wall and one of the other cherub’s wings touched the opposite wall. The first cherub’s other wing touched the second cherub’s other wing in the middle of the room.

    28He plated the cherubim with gold.

    29On all the walls around the temple, inside and out, he carved cherubim, palm trees, and flowers in bloom.

    30He plated the floor of the temple with gold, inside and out.

    31He made doors of olive wood at the entrance to the inner sanctuary; the pillar on each doorpost was five-sided.

    32On the two doors made of olive wood he carved cherubim, palm trees, and flowers in bloom, and he plated them with gold. He plated the cherubim and the palm trees with hammered gold.

  • 1 Kgs 6:35-36
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    35He carved cherubim, palm trees, and flowers in bloom and plated them with gold, leveled out over the carvings.

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

  • 1 Kgs 6:18-23
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    18The inside of the temple was all cedar and was adorned with carvings of round ornaments and of flowers in bloom. Everything was cedar; no stones were visible.

    19He prepared the inner sanctuary inside the temple so that the ark of the covenant of the LORD could be placed there.

    20The inner sanctuary was 30 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 30 feet high. He plated it with gold, as well as the cedar altar.

    21Solomon plated the inside of the temple with gold. He hung golden chains in front of the inner sanctuary and plated the inner sanctuary with gold.

    22He plated the entire inside of the temple with gold, as well as the altar inside the inner sanctuary.

    23In the inner sanctuary he made two cherubim of olive wood; each stood 15 feet high.

  • Exod 36:34-35
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    34He overlaid the frames with gold and made their rings of gold to provide places for the bars, and he overlaid the bars with gold.

    35He made the special curtain of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and fine twisted linen; he made it with cherubim, the work of an artistic designer.

  • Exod 37:2
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    2He overlaid it with pure gold, inside and out, and he made a surrounding border of gold for it.

  • 2 Chr 3:13-15
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    13The combined wingspan of these cherubim was 30 feet. They stood upright, facing inward.

    14He made the curtain out of blue, purple, crimson, and white fabrics, and embroidered on it decorative cherubim.

    15In front of the temple he made two pillars which had a combined length of 52½ feet, with each having a plated capital seven and one-half feet high.

  • 1 Kgs 7:36
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    36He engraved ornamental cherubim, lions, and palm trees on the plates of the supports and frames wherever there was room, with wreaths all around.

  • Ezek 41:16-18
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    16as well as the thresholds, narrow windows and galleries all around on three sides facing the threshold were paneled with wood all around, from the ground up to the windows(now the windows were covered),

    17to the space above the entrance, to the inner room, and on the outside, and on all the walls in the inner room and outside, by measurement.

    18It was made with cherubim and decorative palm trees, with a palm tree between each cherub. Each cherub had two faces:

  • Exod 37:11
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    11He overlaid it with pure gold, and he made a surrounding border of gold for it.

  • Ezek 41:20
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    20from the ground to the area above the entrance, cherubim and decorative palm trees were carved on the wall of the outer sanctuary.

  • 1 Chr 29:4
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    4This includes 3,000 talents of gold from Ophir and 7,000 talents of refined silver for overlaying the walls of the buildings,

  • 1 Kgs 6:15-16
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    15He constructed the walls inside the temple with cedar planks; he paneled the inside with wood from the floor of the temple to the rafters of the ceiling. He covered the temple floor with boards made from the wood of evergreens.

    16He built a wall 30 feet in from the rear of the temple as a partition for an inner sanctuary that would be the most holy place. He paneled the wall with cedar planks from the floor to the rafters.

  • Ezek 41:25
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    25On the doors of the outer sanctuary were carved cherubim and palm trees, like those carved on the walls, and there was a canopy of wood on the front of the outside porch.

  • Exod 37:26
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    26He overlaid it with pure gold– its top, its four walls, and its horns– and he made a surrounding border of gold for it.

  • 1 Kgs 6:9
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    9He finished building the temple and covered it with rafters and boards made of cedar.

  • 1 Kgs 6:5-6
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    5He built an extension all around the walls of the temple’s main hall and holy place and constructed side rooms in it.

    6The bottom floor of the extension was seven and a half feet wide, the middle floor nine feet wide, and the third floor ten and a half feet wide. He made ledges on the temple’s outer walls so the beams would not have to be inserted into the walls.

  • 1 Chr 28:18
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    18and for the refined gold of the incense altar.He gave him the blueprint for the seat of the gold cherubim that spread their wings and provide shelter for the ark of the LORD’s covenant.

  • 2 Chr 4:22
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    22the pure gold trimming shears, basins, pans, and censers, and the gold door sockets for the inner sanctuary(the most holy place) and for the doors of the main hall of the temple.

  • Exod 25:11
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    11You are to overlay it with pure gold– both inside and outside you must overlay it, and you are to make a surrounding border of gold over it.

  • Exod 37:7
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    7He made two cherubim of gold; he made them of hammered metal on the two ends of the atonement lid,

  • 2 Chr 9:17
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    17The king made a large throne decorated with ivory and overlaid it with pure gold.

  • Exod 30:3
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    3You are to overlay it with pure gold– its top, its four walls, and its horns– and make a surrounding border of gold for it.

  • 1 Kgs 10:17-18
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    17He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; three minas of gold were used for each of these shields. The king placed them in the Palace of the Lebanon Forest.

    18The king made a large throne decorated with ivory and overlaid it with pure gold.

  • 2 Chr 4:9
    74%

    9He made the courtyard of the priests and the large enclosure and its doors; he plated their doors with bronze.

  • 1 Kgs 7:3
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    3The roof above the beams supported by the pillars was also made of cedar; there were forty-five beams, fifteen per row.