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The Temple’s Interior

2 Chronicles 3:6

In 11 translations

BSB
He adorned the temple with precious stones for beauty, and its gold was from Parvaim.
KJV
And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold was gold of Parvaim.garnished: Heb. covered
WEB
He decorated the house with precious stones for beauty. The gold was gold from Parvaim.
ASV
And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold was gold of Parvaim.
LSV
and he overlays the house with precious stone for beauty, and the gold [is] gold of Parvaim,
YLT
and he overlayeth the house with precious stone for beauty, and the gold [is] gold of Parvaim,
DBY
And he overlaid the house with precious stones for beauty; and the gold was gold of Parvaim.
DRC
He paved also the floor of the temple with most precious marble, of great beauty.
GNV
And hee ouerlayde the house with precious stone for beautie: and the golde was gold of Paruaim.
JPS
And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty; and the gold was gold of Parvaim.
LXXE
And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty; and he gilded it with gold of the gold from Pharuim.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיְצַ֧ף אֶת־הַבַּ֛יִת אֶ֥בֶן יְקָרָ֖ה לְתִפְאָ֑רֶת וְהַזָּהָ֖ב זְהַ֥ב פַּרְוָֽיִם׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἐκόσμησε τὸν οἶκον λίθοις τιμίοις εἰς δόξαν, καὶ ἐχρύσωσε χρυσίῳ χρυσίου τοῦ ἐκ Φαρουΐμ.

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  • 1 Chronicles 29:2Now with all my ability I have made provision for the house of my God—gold for the gold articles, silver for the silver, bronze for the bronze, iron for the iron, and wood for the wood, as well as onyx for the…
  • Isaiah 54:11–12“O afflicted city, lashed by storms, without solace, surely I will set your stones in antimony and lay your foundations with sapphires. I will make your pinnacles of rubies, your gates of sparkling jewels, and all your…
  • 1 Chronicles 29:8Whoever had precious stones gave them to the treasury of the house of the LORD, under the care of Jehiel the Gershonite.
  • Revelation 21:18–21The wall was made of jasper, and the city itself of pure gold, as pure as glass. The foundations of the city walls were adorned with every kind of precious stone: The first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire,…

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