2 Chronicles 3:8 KJV

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.

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Cross References

  • Exodus 26:33 And thou shalt hang up the vail under the taches, that thou mayest bring in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony: and the vail shall divide unto you between the holy place and the most holy.
  • 1 Kings 6:16 And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house, both the floor and the walls with boards of cedar: he even built them for it within, even for the oracle, even for the most holy place.
  • 1 Kings 6:19–20 And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of the LORD. …
  • Hebrews 9:3 And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all;
  • Hebrews 9:9 Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience;

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Kings of Israel & Judah

  • SolomonKing of Israel · 1015–975 BC

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Hebrew and Strong’s

  • And he made וַיַּעַשׂ wayyaʿaś עָשָׂה Verb · qal sequential imperfect, third person masculine singular · with and
  • the most קֹדֶשׁ qōdeš קֹדֶשׁ Noun · masculine singular construct
  • holy הַקֳּדָשִׁים haqqŏdāšîm קֹדֶשׁ Noun · masculine plural · with the
  • house אֶת ʾet Object marker בֵּית bêt בַּיִת Noun · masculine singular construct
  • the length אָרְכּוֹ ʾorkô אֹרֶךְ Noun · masculine singular construct · with suffix: third person masculine singular
  • whereof was according to עַל ʿal Preposition פְּנֵי pĕnê פָּנִים Noun · masculine or feminine plural construct
  • the breadth רֹחַב rōḥab רֹחַב Noun · masculine singular construct
  • of the house הַבַּיִת habbayit בַּיִת Noun · masculine singular · with the
  • twenty עֶשְׂרִים ʿeśrîm עֶשְׂרִים Number · masculine or feminine plural
  • cubits אַמּוֹת ʾammôt אַמָּה Noun · feminine plural
  • and the breadth וְרָחְבּוֹ wĕroḥbô רֹחַב Noun · masculine singular construct · with and, suffix: third person masculine singular
  • thereof twenty עֶשְׂרִים ʿeśrîm עֶשְׂרִים Number · masculine or feminine plural
  • cubits אַמּוֹת ʾammôt אַמָּה Noun · feminine plural
  • and he overlaid וַיְחַפֵּהוּ wayḥappēhû חָפָה Verb · piel sequential imperfect, third person masculine singular · with and, suffix: third person masculine singular
  • it with fine טוֹב ṭôb טוֹב Adjective · masculine singular
  • gold זָהָב zāhāb זָהָב Noun · masculine singular
  • to six שֵׁשׁ šēš שֵׁשׁ Number · feminine singular
  • hundred מֵאוֹת mēʾwōt מֵאָה Number · masculine or feminine plural
  • talents לְכִכָּרִים lĕkikkārîm כִּכָּר Noun · masculine or feminine plural · with preposition

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex, Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible · CC BY 4.0

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