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Complete Jewish Bible
2 Chronicles 3:6
He also decorated the building with precious stones and gold from Parvayim,
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Christian Standard Bible®
He adorned the temple with precious stones for beauty, and the gold was the gold of Parvaim.
He adorned the temple with precious stones for beauty, and the gold was the gold of Parvaim.
Hebrew Names Version
He garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold was gold of Parvayim.
He garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold was gold of Parvayim.
King James Version
And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold was gold of Parvaim.
And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold was gold of Parvaim.
English Standard Version
He adorned the house with settings of precious stones. The gold was gold of Parvaim.
He adorned the house with settings of precious stones. The gold was gold of Parvaim.
New Century Version
He decorated the Temple with gems and gold from Parvaim.
He decorated the Temple with gems and gold from Parvaim.
New English Translation
He decorated the temple with precious stones; the gold he used came from Parvaim.
He decorated the temple with precious stones; the gold he used came from Parvaim.
Amplified Bible
And he adorned the house with precious stones; and the gold was gold from Parvaim.
And he adorned the house with precious stones; and the gold was gold from Parvaim.
New American Standard Bible
Further, he overlaid the house with precious stones; and the gold was gold from Parvaim.
Further, he overlaid the house with precious stones; and the gold was gold from Parvaim.
World English Bible
He garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold was gold of Parvaim.
He garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold was gold of Parvaim.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And hee ouerlayde the house with precious stone for beautie: and the golde was gold of Paruaim.
And hee ouerlayde the house with precious stone for beautie: and the golde was gold of Paruaim.
Legacy Standard Bible
Further, he overlaid the house with precious stones for beauty; and the gold was gold from Parvaim.
Further, he overlaid the house with precious stones for beauty; and the gold was gold from Parvaim.
Berean Standard Bible
He adorned the temple with precious stones for beauty, and its gold was from Parvaim.
He adorned the temple with precious stones for beauty, and its gold was from Parvaim.
Contemporary English Version
He used precious stones to decorate the temple, and he used gold imported from Parvaim
He used precious stones to decorate the temple, and he used gold imported from Parvaim
Darby Translation
And he overlaid the house with precious stones for beauty; and the gold was gold of Parvaim.
And he overlaid the house with precious stones for beauty; and the gold was gold of Parvaim.
Easy-to-Read Version
He put valuable stones in the Temple for beauty. The gold he used was gold from Parvaim.
He put valuable stones in the Temple for beauty. The gold he used was gold from Parvaim.
George Lamsa Translation
And he adorned the house with precious stones for beauty; and he overlaid all of it with fine gold.
And he adorned the house with precious stones for beauty; and he overlaid all of it with fine gold.
Good News Translation
The king decorated the Temple with beautiful precious stones and with gold imported from the land of Parvaim.
The king decorated the Temple with beautiful precious stones and with gold imported from the land of Parvaim.
Lexham English Bible
Then he overlaid the house with precious stone as decoration. (Now the gold was the gold of Parvaim.)
Then he overlaid the house with precious stone as decoration. (Now the gold was the gold of Parvaim.)
Literal Translation
And he overlaid the house with precious stones for beauty, and the gold was gold from Parvaim.
And he overlaid the house with precious stones for beauty, and the gold was gold from Parvaim.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and ouerlayed the house with precious stones to beutifye it. As for the golde, it was golde of Paruaim.
and ouerlayed the house with precious stones to beutifye it. As for the golde, it was golde of Paruaim.
American Standard Version
And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold was gold of Parvaim.
And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold was 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.
And the house was made beautiful with stones of great value, and the gold was gold of Parvaim.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he ouerlayed the house with precious stone beautyfully: And the golde was golde of Paruaim.
And he ouerlayed the house with precious stone beautyfully: And the golde was golde of Paruaim.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty; and the gold was gold of Parvaim.
And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty; and the gold was gold of Parvaim.
King James Version (1611)
And he garnished the house with precious stones for beautie, and the gold was gold of Paruaim.
And he garnished the house with precious stones for beautie, and the gold was gold of Paruaim.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty; and he gilded it with gold of the gold from Pharuim.
And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty; and he gilded it with gold of the gold from Pharuim.
English Revised Version
And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold was gold of Parvaim.
And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold was gold of Parvaim.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he arayede the pawment of the temple with most preciouse marble, in myche fairenesse.
And he arayede the pawment of the temple with most preciouse marble, in myche fairenesse.
Update Bible Version
And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold was gold of Parvaim.
And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold was gold of Parvaim.
Webster's Bible Translation
And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold [was] gold of Parvaim.
And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold [was] gold of Parvaim.
New King James Version
And he decorated the house with precious stones for beauty, and the gold was gold from Parvaim.
And he decorated the house with precious stones for beauty, and the gold was gold from Parvaim.
New Living Translation
He decorated the walls of the Temple with beautiful jewels and with gold from the land of Parvaim.
He decorated the walls of the Temple with beautiful jewels and with gold from the land of Parvaim.
New Life Bible
He put stones of much worth on the house for beauty. And the gold was from Parvaim.
He put stones of much worth on the house for beauty. And the gold was from Parvaim.
New Revised Standard
He adorned the house with settings of precious stones. The gold was gold from Parvaim.
He adorned the house with settings of precious stones. The gold was gold from Parvaim.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And he covered the house with precious stones, for beauty, - and, the gold, was gold of Parvaim.
And he covered the house with precious stones, for beauty, - and, the gold, was gold of Parvaim.
Douay-Rheims Bible
He paved also the floor of the temple with most precious marble, of great beauty.
He paved also the floor of the temple with most precious marble, of great beauty.
Revised Standard Version
He adorned the house with settings of precious stones. The gold was gold of Parva'im.
He adorned the house with settings of precious stones. The gold was gold of Parva'im.
Young's Literal Translation
and he overlayeth the house with precious stone for beauty, and the gold [is] gold of Parvaim,
and he overlayeth the house with precious stone for beauty, and the gold [is] gold of Parvaim,
THE MESSAGE
So Solomon broke ground, launched construction of the house of God in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, the place where God had appeared to his father David. The precise site, the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite, had been designated by David. He broke ground on the second day in the second month of the fourth year of his rule. These are the dimensions that Solomon set for the construction of the house of God: ninety feet long and thirty feet wide. The porch in front stretched the width of the building, that is, thirty feet; and it was thirty feet high. The interior was gold-plated. He paneled the main hall with cypress and veneered it with fine gold engraved with palm tree and chain designs. He decorated the building with precious stones and gold from Parvaim. Everything was coated with gold veneer: rafters, doorframes, walls, and doors. Cherubim were engraved on the walls. He made the Holy of Holies a cube, thirty feet wide, long, and high. It was veneered with six hundred talents (something over twenty-two tons) of gold. The gold nails weighed fifty shekels (a little over a pound). The upper rooms were also veneered in gold. He made two sculptures of cherubim, gigantic angel-like figures, for the Holy of Holies, both veneered with gold. The combined wingspread of the side-by-side cherubim (each wing measuring seven and a half feet) stretched from wall to wall, thirty feet. They stood erect facing the main hall. He fashioned the curtain of violet, purple, and crimson fabric and worked a cherub design into it. He made two huge free-standing pillars, each fifty-two feet tall, their capitals extending another seven and a half feet. The top of each pillar was set off with an elaborate filigree of chains, like necklaces, from which hung a hundred pomegranates. He placed the pillars in front of The Temple, one on the right, and the other on the left. The right pillar he named Jakin (Security) and the left pillar he named Boaz (Stability).
So Solomon broke ground, launched construction of the house of God in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, the place where God had appeared to his father David. The precise site, the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite, had been designated by David. He broke ground on the second day in the second month of the fourth year of his rule. These are the dimensions that Solomon set for the construction of the house of God: ninety feet long and thirty feet wide. The porch in front stretched the width of the building, that is, thirty feet; and it was thirty feet high. The interior was gold-plated. He paneled the main hall with cypress and veneered it with fine gold engraved with palm tree and chain designs. He decorated the building with precious stones and gold from Parvaim. Everything was coated with gold veneer: rafters, doorframes, walls, and doors. Cherubim were engraved on the walls. He made the Holy of Holies a cube, thirty feet wide, long, and high. It was veneered with six hundred talents (something over twenty-two tons) of gold. The gold nails weighed fifty shekels (a little over a pound). The upper rooms were also veneered in gold. He made two sculptures of cherubim, gigantic angel-like figures, for the Holy of Holies, both veneered with gold. The combined wingspread of the side-by-side cherubim (each wing measuring seven and a half feet) stretched from wall to wall, thirty feet. They stood erect facing the main hall. He fashioned the curtain of violet, purple, and crimson fabric and worked a cherub design into it. He made two huge free-standing pillars, each fifty-two feet tall, their capitals extending another seven and a half feet. The top of each pillar was set off with an elaborate filigree of chains, like necklaces, from which hung a hundred pomegranates. He placed the pillars in front of The Temple, one on the right, and the other on the left. The right pillar he named Jakin (Security) and the left pillar he named Boaz (Stability).
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Further, he adorned the house with precious stones; and the gold was gold from Parvaim.
Further, he adorned the house with precious stones; and the gold was gold from Parvaim.
Contextual Overview
1 Then Shlomo began to build the house of Adonai in Yerushalayim on Mount Moriyah, where Adonai had appeared to David his father. Provision had been made for this at the place David had chosen, the threshing-floor of Ornan the Y'vusi. 2 He began building in the fourth year of his reign, on the second day of the second month. 3 These are the foundations Shlomo laid for building the house of God: the length in old-standard cubits was sixty cubits [105 feet] and the width twenty cubits [thirty-five feet]. 4 The length of the hall fronting the house was the same as the house's width, thirty-five feet and the height 210 [feet]; and he overlaid it with pure gold. 5 The larger house he covered with cypress-wood, which he overlaid with fine gold and embossed with palm trees and chains. 6 He also decorated the building with precious stones and gold from Parvayim, 7 overlaying the house and its beams, thresholds, walls and doors with gold and carving k'ruvim on the walls. 8 Then he made the Especially Holy Place; its length matched the width of the house, thirty-five feet, and its width was thirty-five feet. He overlaid it with twenty tons of fine gold. 9 The weight of the nails was one-and-a-quarter pounds of gold, and he overlaid the upper rooms with gold.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
garnished: Heb. covered
precious: 1 Chronicles 29:2, 1 Chronicles 29:8, Isaiah 54:11, Isaiah 54:12, Revelation 21:18-21
Parvaim: Parvaim is supposed by Calmet to be the same as Sepharvaim in Armenia or Media; Bochart is of opinion that it is Taprobanes, now the island of Ceylon, which he drives from taph, a border, and Parvan, i.e., "the coast of Parvan;" but the late Editor of Calmet thinks it the same as the Parvatoi mountains of Ptolemy, at the head of the Indus.
Cross-References
Genesis 3:1
Now the serpent was more crafty than any wild animal which Adonai , God, had made. He said to the woman, "Did God really say, ‘You are not to eat from any tree in the garden'?"
Now the serpent was more crafty than any wild animal which Adonai , God, had made. He said to the woman, "Did God really say, ‘You are not to eat from any tree in the garden'?"
Genesis 3:2
The woman answered the serpent, "We may eat from the fruit of the trees of the garden,
The woman answered the serpent, "We may eat from the fruit of the trees of the garden,
Genesis 3:12
The man replied, "The woman you gave to be with me — she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate."
The man replied, "The woman you gave to be with me — she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate."
Genesis 3:14
Adonai , God, said to the serpent, "Because you have done this, you are cursed more than all livestock and wild animals. You will crawl on your belly and eat dust as long as you live.
Adonai , God, said to the serpent, "Because you have done this, you are cursed more than all livestock and wild animals. You will crawl on your belly and eat dust as long as you live.
Genesis 3:15
I will put animosity between you and the woman, and between your descendant and her descendant; he will bruise your head, and you will bruise his heel."
I will put animosity between you and the woman, and between your descendant and her descendant; he will bruise your head, and you will bruise his heel."
Genesis 3:17
To Adam he said, "Because you listened to what your wife said and ate from the tree about which I gave you the order, ‘You are not to eat from it,' the ground is cursed on your account; you will work hard to eat from it as long as you live.
To Adam he said, "Because you listened to what your wife said and ate from the tree about which I gave you the order, ‘You are not to eat from it,' the ground is cursed on your account; you will work hard to eat from it as long as you live.
Genesis 3:19
You will eat bread by the sweat of your forehead till you return to the ground — for you were taken out of it: you are dust, and you will return to dust."
You will eat bread by the sweat of your forehead till you return to the ground — for you were taken out of it: you are dust, and you will return to dust."
Genesis 6:2
the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were attractive; and they took wives for themselves, whomever they chose.
the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were attractive; and they took wives for themselves, whomever they chose.
Genesis 39:7
(vi) In time, the day came when his master's wife took a look at Yosef and said, "Sleep with me!"
(vi) In time, the day came when his master's wife took a look at Yosef and said, "Sleep with me!"
Joshua 7:21
when I saw there with the spoil a beautiful robe from Shin‘ar, five pounds of silver shekels and a one-and-a-quarter-pound wedge of gold, I really wanted them. So I took them. You will find them hidden in the ground inside my tent, with the silver underneath."
when I saw there with the spoil a beautiful robe from Shin‘ar, five pounds of silver shekels and a one-and-a-quarter-pound wedge of gold, I really wanted them. So I took them. You will find them hidden in the ground inside my tent, with the silver underneath."
Gill's Notes on the Bible
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Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Precious stones for beauty - Not marbles but gems (compare 1 Chronicles 29:2). The phrase translated âfor beautyâ means âfor its beautification,â âto beautify it.â
Parvaim is probably the name of a place, but what is quite uncertain.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 2 Chronicles 3:6. Gold of Parvaim. — We know not what this place was; some think it is the same as Sepharvaim, a place in Armenia or Media, conquered by the king of Assyria, 2 Kings 17:24, c. Others, that it is Taprobane, now the island of Ceylon, which Bochart derives from taph, signifying the border, and Parvan, i.e., the coast of Parvan. The rabbins say that it was gold of a blood-red colour, and had its name from פר×× parim, heifers, being like to bullocks' blood.
The Vulgate translates the passage thus: Stravit quoque pavimentum templi pretiosissimo marmore, decore multo porro aurum erat probatissimum; "And he made the pavement of the temple of the most precious marble; and moreover the gold was of the best quality," &c.
