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King James Version (1611 Edition)
2 Chronicles 3:6
And he garnished the house with precious stones for beautie, and the gold was gold of Paruaim.
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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
Complete Jewish Bible
He also decorated the building with precious stones and gold from Parvayim,
He also decorated the building with precious stones and gold from Parvayim,
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.
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 Solomon began to build the house of the Lord at Ierusalem in Mount Moriah, where the Lord appeared vnto Dauid his father, in the place that Dauid had prepared in the threshing floore of Ornan the Iebusite. 2 And he began to build in the second day of the second moneth, in the fourth yeere of his reigne. 3 Now these are the things wherein Solomon was instructed for the building of the house of God. The length by cubites after the first measure was threescore cubits, and the breadth twentie cubites. 4 And the porch that was in the front of the house, the length of it was atcording to the breadth of the house, twentie cubites, and the height was an hundred and twenty: and he ouerlaid it within, with pure gold. 5 And the greater house hee sieled with firre tree, which he ouerlaid with fine gold, and set thereon palme trees and chaines. 6 And he garnished the house with precious stones for beautie, and the gold was gold of Paruaim. 7 Hee ouerlaid also the house, the beames, the postes and the wals thereof, and the doores thereof with gold, and graued Cherubims on the walles. 8 And he made the most holy house, the length whereof was, according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof twentie cubits: and he ouerlaid it with fine gold amounting to sixe hundred talents. 9 And the weight of the nailes was fiftie shekels of gold: and he ouerlaide the vpper chambers 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 subtill then any beast of the field, which the LORD God had made, and he said vnto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of euery tree of the garden?
Now the serpent was more subtill then any beast of the field, which the LORD God had made, and he said vnto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of euery tree of the garden?
Genesis 3:2
And the woman said vnto the serpent, Wee may eate of the fruite of the trees of the garden:
And the woman said vnto the serpent, Wee may eate of the fruite of the trees of the garden:
Genesis 3:12
And the man said, The woman whom thou gauest to be with mee, shee gaue me of the tree, and I did eate.
And the man said, The woman whom thou gauest to be with mee, shee gaue me of the tree, and I did eate.
Genesis 3:14
And the LORD God said vnto the Serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed aboue all cattel, and aboue euery beast of the field: vpon thy belly shalt thou goe, and dust shalt thou eate, all the dayes of thy life.
And the LORD God said vnto the Serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed aboue all cattel, and aboue euery beast of the field: vpon thy belly shalt thou goe, and dust shalt thou eate, all the dayes of thy life.
Genesis 3:15
And I will put enmitie betweene thee and the woman, and betweene thy seed and her seed: it shal bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heele.
And I will put enmitie betweene thee and the woman, and betweene thy seed and her seed: it shal bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heele.
Genesis 3:17
And vnto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened vnto the voyce of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commaunded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eate of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake: in sorow shalt thou eate of it all the dayes of thy life.
And vnto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened vnto the voyce of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commaunded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eate of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake: in sorow shalt thou eate of it all the dayes of thy life.
Genesis 3:19
In the sweate of thy face shalt thou eate bread, till thou returne vnto the ground: for out of it wast thou taken, for dust thou art, and vnto dust shalt thou returne.
In the sweate of thy face shalt thou eate bread, till thou returne vnto the ground: for out of it wast thou taken, for dust thou art, and vnto dust shalt thou returne.
Genesis 6:2
That the sonnes of God saw the daughters of men, that they were faire, and they took them wiues, of all which they chose.
That the sonnes of God saw the daughters of men, that they were faire, and they took them wiues, of all which they chose.
Genesis 39:7
And it came to passe after these things, that his masters wife cast her eyes vpon Ioseph, and shee said, Lie with me.
And it came to passe after these things, that his masters wife cast her eyes vpon Ioseph, and shee said, Lie with me.
Joshua 7:21
When I saw among the spoiles a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of siluer, and a wedge of gold of fiftie shekels weight, then I coueted them, and tooke them, and behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the siluer vnder it.
When I saw among the spoiles a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of siluer, and a wedge of gold of fiftie shekels weight, then I coueted them, and tooke them, and behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the siluer vnder it.
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 “for beauty” means “for its beautification,” “to beautify it.”
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 פרים 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.
