2 Chronicles 3:9

The Temple’s Interior

8Then he made the Most Holy Place; its length corresponded to the width of the temple—twenty cubits long and twenty cubits wide. And he overlaid the inside with six hundred talents of fine gold. 9The weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. He also overlaid the upper area with gold.

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Berean Standard Bible
The weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. He also overlaid the upper area with gold.
American Standard Version (1901)
And the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold.
Bible in Basic English
And fifty shekels weight of gold was used for the nails. He had all the higher rooms plated with gold.
Douay-Rheims 1899
He made also nails of gold, and the weight of every nail was fifty sicles: the upper chambers also he overlaid with gold.
Free Bible Version
The weight of the nails was one shekel for every fifty shekels of gold.
Geneva Bible 1599
And the weight of the nayles was fiftie shekels of golde, and hee ouerlayde the chambers with golde.
King James (Authorized) Version
And the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold.
Translation for Translators
They used 1-1/4 pounds of gold to cover the heads of the nails. They also covered the walls of the upper rooms with sheets of gold.
Unlocked Literal Bible
The weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. He overlaid its high surfaces with gold.
Noah Webster Bible
And the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold.
World English Bible
The weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. He overlaid the upper rooms with gold.
Young's Literal Translation
and the weight of the nails [is] fifty shekels of gold, and the upper chambers he hath covered with gold.