SIL Translator’s Notes on 2 Chronicles 3:8

3:8a Then he made the Most Holy Place;

He made the room of the Most Holy Place.
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King Solomon also built the room called the Holy of Holies.

3:8b its length corresponded to the width of the temple—twenty cubits long and twenty cubits wide.

The length was the same as the width of the temple. It was twenty cubits long and twenty cubits wide.
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It was ten (10) meters wide like the width of the main hall, and ten (10) meters long.

3:8c And he overlaid the inside with six hundred talents of fine gold.

He used six hundred talents of the best gold to cover it.
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They used twenty (20) tons of pure gold to cover the interior.

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