He paneled the main hall with juniper and covered it with fine gold and decorated it with palm tree(A) and chain designs. He adorned the temple with precious stones. And the gold he used was gold of Parvaim. He overlaid the ceiling beams, doorframes, walls and doors of the temple with gold, and he carved cherubim(B) on the walls.

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(A)The larger [a]room he (B)paneled with cypress which he overlaid with fine gold, and he carved palm trees and chainwork on it. And he decorated the house with precious stones for beauty, and the gold was gold from Parvaim. He also overlaid the house—the beams and doorposts, its walls and doors—with gold; and he carved cherubim on the walls.

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  1. 2 Chronicles 3:5 Lit. house

(A)The nave he lined with cypress and covered it with fine gold (B)and made palms and chains on it. He adorned the house with settings of precious stones. The gold was gold of Parvaim. So he lined the house with gold—its beams, its thresholds, its walls, and its doors—(C)and he carved cherubim on the walls.

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