2 Chronicles 3:5
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And the greater house he ceiled with deal boards, and overlaid them with plates of fine gold throughout: and he graved in them palm trees, and like little chains interlaced with one another.

the greater

1 Kings 6:15-17,21,22 And he built the walls of the house on the inside, with boards of cedar, from the floor of the house to the top of the walls, and to the roofs, he covered it with boards of cedar on the inside: and he covered the floor of the house with planks of fir. . . .

Context
The Temple's Interior
5And the greater house he ceiled with deal boards, and overlaid them with plates of fine gold throughout: and he graved in them palm trees, and like little chains interlaced with one another.6He paved also the floor of the temple with most precious marble, of great beauty.…
Cross References
1 Kings 6:17
And the temple itself, before the doors of the oracle, was forty cubits long.

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

Songs 1:17


Ezekiel 40:16
And slanting windows in the little chambers, and in their fronts, which were within the gate on every side round about: and in like manner there were also in the porches windows round about within, and before the fronts the representation of palm trees.

Ezekiel 41:18
And there were cherubims and palm trees wrought, so that a palm tree was between a cherub and a cherub, and every cherub had two faces.

Lexicon
He paneled
חִפָּה֙ (ḥip·pāh)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2645: To cover, to veil, to encase, protect

the main
הַגָּד֗וֹל (hag·gā·ḏō·wl)
Article | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1419: Great, older, insolent

room
הַבַּ֣יִת (hab·ba·yiṯ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1004: A house

with
עֵ֣ץ (‘êṣ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 6086: Tree, trees, wood

cypress,
בְּרוֹשִׁ֔ים (bə·rō·wō·šîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1265: A cypress, tree, a lance, a musical instrument

which he overlaid
וַיְחַפֵּ֖הוּ (way·ḥap·pê·hū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2645: To cover, to veil, to encase, protect

with fine
ט֑וֹב (ṭō·wḇ)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good

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

and decorated
וַיַּ֧עַל (way·ya·‘al)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5927: To ascend, in, actively

with palm tree
תִּמֹרִ֖ים (ti·mō·rîm)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 8561: A palm-like pilaster

and chain [designs].
וְשַׁרְשְׁרֽוֹת׃ (wə·šar·šə·rō·wṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 8333: A chain, a garland


Additional Translations
He paneled the main room with cypress, which he overlaid with fine gold and decorated with palm tree and chain designs.And the greater house he paneled with fir tree, which he overlaid with fine gold, and set thereon palm trees and chains.

And the greater house he ceiled with fir-wood, which he overlaid with fine gold, and wrought thereon palm-trees and chains.

And he lined the great house with cedar wood, and gilded it with pure gold, and carved upon it palm-trees and chains.

And the greater house he boarded with cypress-wood, which he overlaid with fine gold, and set on it palm-trees and chains.

And the greater house he cieled with fir tree, which he overlaid with fine gold, and wrought thereon palm trees and chains:

And the greater house he cieled with fir tree, which he overlaid with fine gold, and set on it palm trees and chains.

The greater house he made a ceiling with fir wood, which he overlaid with fine gold, and ornamented it with palm trees and chains.

And the large house he hath covered with fir-trees, and he doth cover it with good gold, and causeth to ascend on it palms and chains,
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