Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
And the great house [itself] he covered with cypress wood, then he overlaid it with pure gold. And he put on it palm tree [images] and [ornate] chains.
New American Standard Bible
He overlaid
King James Version
And the greater house he cieled with fir tree, which he overlaid with fine gold, and set thereon palm trees and chains.
Holman Bible
The larger room
International Standard Version
The main room of the Temple was trimmed with a wainscoting composed of cypress wood, overlaid with fine gold ornamented with palm trees and chains.
A Conservative Version
And the greater house he ceiled with fir-wood, which he overlaid with fine gold, and wrought thereon palm trees and chains.
American Standard Version
And the greater house he ceiled with fir-wood, which he overlaid with fine gold, and wrought thereon palm-trees and chains.
Amplified
He overlaid the main room [the Holy Place] with cypress wood and overlaid it with fine gold, and decorated it with palm trees and chains.
Bible in Basic English
And the greater house was roofed with cypress-wood, plated with the best gold and ornamented with designs of palm-trees and chains.
Darby Translation
And the greater house he boarded with cypress-wood, which he overlaid with fine gold, and set on it palm-trees and chains.
Julia Smith Translation
And the great house he covered with woods of cypresses, and he will cover it with good gold, and he will bring up palm trees upon it and chains.
King James 2000
And the greater room he lined with fir wood, which he overlaid with fine gold, and set thereon palm trees and chains.
Modern King James verseion
And he made the ceiling of the greater house with fir wood, which he overlaid with fine gold. And he set palm trees and chains on it.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And the great house he sealed with fir tree, and overlaid it with good gold, and graved thereto palm trees and chains.
NET Bible
He paneled the main hall with boards made from evergreen trees and plated it with fine gold, decorated with palm trees and chains.
New Heart English Bible
The greater house he made a ceiling with fir wood, which he overlaid with fine gold, and ornamented it with palm trees and chains.
The Emphasized Bible
And, the greater house, covered he with cypress wood, and overlaid it with fine gold, - and raised thereon palms, and wreathed garlands.
Webster
And the greater house he cieled with fir tree, which he overlaid with fine gold, and set on it palm trees and chains.
World English Bible
The greater house he made a ceiling with fir wood, which he overlaid with fine gold, and ornamented it with palm trees and chains.
Youngs Literal Translation
And the large house he hath covered with fir-trees, and he doth cover it with good gold, and causeth to ascend on it palms and chains,
Themes
Palm tree » Wood of, used in the temple
Palm trees » Represented in carved work on the walls and doors of the temple of solomon
Temple » Solomon's » Description of
Temple » Solomon's » Called the greater house
The First Temple » Divided into » The sanctuary or greater house
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Chronicles 3:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
Solomon Builds The Temple
4 {The length of the portico that [was] in front was the same as the front of the width of the house}: twenty cubits. And its height [was] one hundred and twenty cubits. And he overlaid it on the inside with pure gold. 5 And the great house [itself] he covered with cypress wood, then he overlaid it with pure gold. And he put on it palm tree [images] and [ornate] chains. 6 Then he overlaid the house with precious stone as decoration. (Now the gold [was] the gold of Parvaim.)
Cross References
1 Kings 6:15-17
He lined the walls {of the inside of the house} with boards of cedar; from the floor of the temple up to the rafters of the ceiling he covered [them with] wood {on the inside}. He also covered the floor of the temple with cypress boards.
1 Kings 6:21-22
Solomon overlaid the temple on the inside [with] pure gold, and he drew across it with golden chains in front of the inner sanctuary, which he overlaid with gold.