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2 Chronicles 3 Brenton's Septuagint Translation
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and he gilded it with gold of the gold from Pharuim. <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/3-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And he gilded the house, and its <i>inner</i> walls, and the door-posts, and the roofs, and the doors with gold; and he carved cherubs on the walls.<p> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/3-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And he built the holy of holies, its length was according to the front <i>of the other house</i>, the breadth of the house <i>was</i> twenty cubits, and the length twenty cubits: and he gilded <i>it</i> with pure gold for cherubs, to <i>the amount of</i> six hundred talents. <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/3-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And the weight of the nails, <i>even</i> the weight of each was fifty shekels of gold: and he gilded the upper chamber with gold.<p> <A name="11"></a><p class="hdg">The Cherubim<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/3-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And he made two cherubs in the most holy house, wood-work, and he gilded them with gold.<p> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/3-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And the wings of the cherubs were twenty cubits in length: and one wing of five cubits touched the wall of the house: and the other wing of five cubits touched the wing of the other cherub. <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/3-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><font color=blue>(OMITTED TEXT)</font> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/3-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And the wings of these cherubs expanded were of the length of twenty cubits: and they stood upon their feet, and their faces were toward the house.<p> <A name="15"></a><p class="hdg">The Veil and Pillars<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/3-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And he made the vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and wove cherubs in it.<p> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/3-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Also he made in front of the house two pillars, in height thirty-five cubits, and their chapters of five cubits. <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/3-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And he made chains, <i>as</i> in the oracle, and put <i>them</i> on the heads of the pillars; and he made a hundred pomegranates, and put them on the chains. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/3-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And he set up the pillars in front of the temple, one on the right hand and the other on the left: and he called the name of the one on the right hand ?Stability,' and the name of the one on the left ?Strength.'<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The English translation of The Septuagint by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton (1851)<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../2_chronicles/2.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Chronicles 2"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Chronicles 2" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../2_chronicles/4.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Chronicles 4"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Chronicles 4" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>