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2 Chronicles 3:8

in 2 Chronicles 3

Then he made the Most Holy Place; its length corresponded to the width of the temple—twenty cubits long and twenty cubits wide. And he overlaid the inside with six hundred talents of fine gold.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

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.

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.

This verse in 2 Chronicles 3

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

It was set with precious stones, because it was a type of the new Jerusalem, which has no temple in it because it is all temple, and the walls, gates, and foundations of which are said to be of precious stones and pearls, Rev. xxi.

This site's exposition

Then he made the Most Holy Place

on 2 Chronicles 3:8-9

Chronicles measures the Most Holy Place twice, in cubits matching the room of twenty cubits that 1 Kings 6:20 describes. It then measures in weight, “six hundred talents of fine gold” for the room and fifty shekels of gold for the nails. These weights are the Chronicler's own addition.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

the most holy house--It was a perfect cube (compare 1Ki 6:20). overlaid it with . . . gold, amounting to six hundred talents--at £4 per ounce, equal to £3,600,000.

quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — starts-lowercase

The most holy house - i. e., the sanctuary, or holy of holies. On the probable value of the gold, see 1Ki 10:14 note.

The words behind it

21 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַיַּ֙עַשׂ֙and he made

    vaiyaasH6213 →2628 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • בֵּֽית־[the] house of

    beit-H1004 →2046 times

  • קֹ֣דֶשׁ[the] holy place of

    kodeshH6944 →469 times

  • הַקֳּדָשִׁ֔יםthe holy places

    hakodashimH6944 →469 times

  • אָרְכּ֞וֹlength its

    ʾarekoH753 →95 times

  • עַל־on

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • פְּנֵ֤י[the] face of

    peneiH6440 →2123 times

  • רֹֽחַב־[the] breadth of

    rochav-H7341 →101 times

  • הַבַּ֙יִת֙the house

    habayitH1004 →2046 times

  • אַמּ֣וֹת[was] cubits

    ʾamotH520 →247 times

  • עֶשְׂרִ֔יםtwenty

    ʾesrimH6242 →315 times

  • וְרָחְבּ֖וֹand breadth its

    veracheboH7341 →101 times

  • אַמּ֣וֹת[was] cubits

    ʾamotH520 →247 times

  • עֶשְׂרִ֑יםtwenty

    ʾesrimH6242 →315 times

  • וַיְחַפֵּ֙הוּ֙and he overlaid it

    vaychapehuH2645 →12 times

  • זָהָ֣בgold

    zahavH2091 →389 times

  • ט֔וֹבfine

    tovH2896 →538 times

  • לְכִכָּרִ֖יםto talents

    lekhikarimH3603 →68 times

  • שֵׁ֥שׁsix

    sheshH8337 →216 times

  • מֵאֽוֹת׃hundred<s>

    meotH3967 →581 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Hebrews 10:19

    Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus,

    it leads to

    • Ephesians 2:18

      For through Him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.

    • Hebrews 9:12

      He did not enter by the blood of goats and calves, but He entered the Most Holy Place once for all by His own blood, thus securing eternal redemption.

    • Hebrews 4:16

      Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.

    • Ephesians 3:12

      In Him and through faith in Him we may enter God’s presence with boldness and confidence.

    • Romans 5:2

      through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.

  • Through

    Hebrews 9:3

    Behind the second curtain was a room called the Most Holy Place,

    it leads to

    • Exodus 40:21

      Then he brought the ark into the tabernacle, put up the veil for the screen, and shielded off the ark of the Testimony, just as the LORD had commanded him.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

  • Through

    1 Kings 6:16

    He partitioned off the twenty cubits at the rear of the temple with cedar boards from floor to ceiling to form within the temple an inner sanctuary, the Most Holy Place.

    it leads to

    • Leviticus 16:2

      And the LORD said to Moses: “Tell your brother Aaron not to enter freely into the Most Holy Place behind the veil in front of the mercy seat on the ark, or else he…

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

  • Through

    Hebrews 9:9

    It is an illustration for the present time, because the gifts and sacrifices being offered were unable to cleanse the conscience of the worshiper.

    it leads to

    • 1 Peter 3:21

      And this water symbolizes the baptism that now saves you also—not the removal of dirt from the body, but the pledge of a clear conscience toward God—through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

Where this verse is studied

About 2 Chronicles

Saphan Reading the Book of the Law to Josiah, Philip Galle, engraving after Maarten van Heemskerck, 1569, Royal Library of Belgium. Public domain.
Saphan Reading the Book of the Law to Josiah, Philip Galle, engraving after Maarten van Heemskerck, 1569, Royal Library of Belgium. Public domain.

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Keil, The Books of the Chronicles and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.