2 Chronicles 3:7
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And the gold of the plates with which he overlaid the house, and the beams thereof, and the posts, and the walls, and the doors was of the finest: and he graved cherubims on the walls.

overlaid

Exodus 26:29 The boards also themselves thou shalt overlay with gold, and shalt cast rings of gold to be set upon them, for places for the bars to hold together the boardwork: which bars thou shalt cover with plates of gold.

1 Kings 6:20-22,30 Now the oracle was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in height. And he covered it, and overlaid it with most pure gold. And the altar also he covered with cedar. . . .

Ezekiel 7:20 And they have turned the ornament of their jewels into pride, and have made of it the images of their abominations, and idols: therefore I have made it an uncleanness to them.

graved cherubims

Exodus 26:1 And thou shalt make the tabernacle in this manner: Thou shalt make ten curtains of fine twisted linen, and violet and purple, and scarlet twice dyed, diversified with embroidery.

1 Kings 6:35 And he carved cherubims, and palm trees, and carved work standing very much out: and he overlaid all with golden plates in square work by rule.

Context
The Temple's Interior
6He paved also the floor of the temple with most precious marble, of great beauty. 7And the gold of the plates with which he overlaid the house, and the beams thereof, and the posts, and the walls, and the doors was of the finest: and he graved cherubims on the walls.8He made also the house of the holy of holies: the length of it according to the breadth of the temple, twenty cubits, and the breadth of it in like manner twenty cubits: and he overlaid it with plates of gold, amounting to about six hundred talents.…
Cross References
1 Kings 6:20
Now the oracle was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in height. And he covered it, and overlaid it with most pure gold. And the altar also he covered with cedar.

1 Kings 6:29
And all the walls of the temple round about he carved with divers figures and carvings: and he made in them cherubims and palm trees, and divers representations, as it were standing out, and coming forth from the wall.

2 Chronicles 3:6
He paved also the floor of the temple with most precious marble, of great beauty.

Lexicon
He overlaid
וַיְחַ֨ף (way·ḥap̄)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2645: To cover, to veil, to encase, protect

[its]
הַבַּ֜יִת (hab·ba·yiṯ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1004: A house

beams,
הַקֹּר֧וֹת (haq·qō·rō·wṯ)
Article | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6982: A rafter, a roof

thresholds,
הַסִּפִּ֛ים (has·sip·pîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5592: A vestibule, a dish

walls,
וְקִֽירוֹתָ֥יו (wə·qî·rō·w·ṯāw)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7023: A wall

and doors
וְדַלְתוֹתָ֖יו (wə·ḏal·ṯō·w·ṯāw)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1817: Something swinging, the valve of a, door

with gold,
זָהָ֑ב (zā·hāḇ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2091: Gold, something gold-colored, as oil, a clear sky

and he carved
וּפִתַּ֥ח (ū·p̄it·taḥ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6605: To open wide, to loosen, begin, plough, carve

cherubim
כְּרוּבִ֖ים (kə·rū·ḇîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3742: Probably an order of angelic beings

on
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the walls.
הַקִּירֽוֹת׃ (haq·qî·rō·wṯ)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7023: A wall


Additional Translations
He overlaid its beams, thresholds, walls, and doors with gold, and he carved cherubim on the walls.He overlaid also the house, the beams, the posts, and the walls thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved cherubim on the walls.

He overlaid also the house, the beams, the thresholds, and the walls thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved cherubim on the walls.

And he gilded the house, and its inner walls, and the door-posts, and the roofs, and the doors with gold; and he carved cherubs on the walls.

And he covered the house, the beams, the threshold, and its walls, and its doors with gold, and engraved cherubim on the walls.

He overlaid also the house, the beams, the thresholds, and the walls thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved cherubim on the walls.

He overlaid also the house, the beams, the posts, and the walls of it, and the doors of it, with gold; and engraved cherubim on the walls.

He overlaid also the house, the beams, the thresholds, and its walls, and its doors, with gold; and engraved cherubim on the walls.

and he covereth the house, the beams, the thresholds, and its walls, and its doors, with gold, and hath graved cherubs on the walls.
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