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2 Chronicles 3:6

What does 2 Chronicles 3:6 mean?

A plain-English look at 2 Chronicles 3:6 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold was gold of Parvaim.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold was gold of Parvaim.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold was gold of Parvaim.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And the house was made beautiful with stones of great value, and the gold was gold of Parvaim.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

and he overlayeth the house with precious stone for beauty, and the gold <FI>is<Fi> gold of Parvaim,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

He paved also the floor of the temple with most precious marble, of great beauty.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And he overlaid the house with precious stones for beauty; and the gold was gold of Parvaim.

Context

v.5And the greater house he ceiled with fir-wood, which he overlaid with fine gold, and wrought thereon palm-trees and chains.

v.6This passage

v.7He overlaid also the house, the beams, the thresholds, and the walls thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved cherubim on the walls.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Revelation 21:18

    And the building of the wall thereof was jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto pure glass.

  • 1 Chronicles 29:2

    Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the gold for the things of gold, and the silver for the things of silver, and the brass for the things of brass, the iron for the things of iron, and wood for the things of wood; onyx stones, and stones to be set, stones for inlaid work, and of divers colors, and all manner of precious stones, and marble stones in abundance.

  • 1 Chronicles 29:8

    And they with whom precious stones were found gave them to the treasure of the house of Jehovah, under the hand of Jehiel the Gershonite.

  • Isaiah 54:11

    O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will set thy stones in fair colors, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.

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