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2 Chronicles 3:7
He overlaid its beams, thresholds, walls, and doors with gold, and he carved cherubim on the walls.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The chronicler records Solomon’s completion of the temple’s interior, detailing the structural elements covered in gold immediately before describing the dimensions and gilding of the Most Holy Place.
The words — וַיְחַף (va-yḥaf) translates literally as “he overlaid,” specifying the act of covering the house’s beams, thresholds, walls, and doors with gold.
The thread — This structural overlay parallels the tabernacle’s gold-covered frames and crossbars in Exodus 26:29 and continues the temple’s interior gilding described in 1 Kings 6:20.
Why it lands — The text establishes that the temple’s sanctity is physically marked by gold and carved cherubim, requiring the reader to acknowledge the tangible boundaries of the holy space before approaching the inner sanctuary.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
He overlaid also the house, the beams, the posts, and the walls thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved cherubims on the walls.
Cross-references
- 1 Kings 6:20 The inner sanctuary was twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and twenty cubits high. He overlaid the inside with pure gold, and he also overlaid the altar of cedar.
- Exodus 26:1 “You are to construct the tabernacle itself with ten curtains of finely spun linen, each with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and cherubim skillfully worked into them.
- Exodus 26:29 Overlay the frames with gold and make gold rings to hold the crossbars. Also overlay the crossbars with gold.
- 1 Kings 6:29 Then he carved the walls all around the temple, in both the inner and outer sanctuaries, with carved engravings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers.
- Ezekiel 7:20 His beautiful ornaments they transformed into pride and used them to fashion their vile images and detestable idols. Therefore I will make these into something unclean for them.