2 Chronicles 3:6 “He adorned the temple with precious stones for beauty, and its gold wa…”

2 Chronicles 3:6

He adorned the temple with precious stones for beauty, and its gold was from Parvaim.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

He decorated the house with precious stones for beauty. The gold was gold from Parvaim.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

And hee ouerlayde the house with precious stone for beautie: and the golde was gold of Paruaim.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

and he overlayeth the house with precious stone for beauty, and the gold [is] gold of Parvaim,

Bible in Basic English

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

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Cross references

“precious”

1 Chronicles 29:2 1 Chronicles 29:8 Revelation 21:18–21 Isaiah 54:11 Isaiah 54:12

1 Chronicles 29:2 · BSB

Now 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 settings,…

1 Chronicles 29:8 · BSB

Whoever had precious stones gave them to the treasury of the house of the LORD, under the care of Jehiel the Gershonite.

Revelation 21:18–21 · BSB

The wall was made of jasper, and the city itself of pure gold, as pure as glass.

Isaiah 54:11 · BSB

“O afflicted city, lashed by storms, without solace, surely I will set your stones in antimony and lay your foundations with sapphires.

Isaiah 54:12 · BSB

I will make your pinnacles of rubies, your gates of sparkling jewels, and all your walls of precious stones.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

5He paneled the main room with cypress, which he overlaid with fine gold and decorated with palm trees and chains.

7He overlaid its beams, thresholds, walls, and doors with gold, and he carved cherubim on the walls.

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