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Close craftsmanship insert of small hammered gold nails in cedar beam joinery, rough artisan fingers seating one nail carefully with small bronze hammer, gold-covered upper wall behind, no industrial screws.
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2 Chronicles 3:9

Nails and Upper Rooms

The House Takes Shape · 2 Chronicles 3

Story guide: Architectural reconstruction is interpretive; the exact dimensions are preserved in Scripture. The Ark has not yet been brought into the house.

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9And the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold, and he overlaid the upper rooms with gold.

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