(c) THE HOLY OF HOLIES, OR CHANCEL, WITH THE CHERUBIM AND THE VAIL (2 Chronicles 3:8-14).
(8) The most holy house. — The chamber of the Holy of holies, or chancel, called also the oracle (Dĕbîr), 1 Kings 6:5. (So 2 Chronicles 3:10.)
The length whereof was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits. — Its length before the breadth of the house was twenty cubits. (See Note on 2 Chronicles 3:4.)
And the breadth thereof twenty cubits. — 1 Kings 6:20 adds that the height also was twenty cubits, so that the chamber formed a perfect cube.
Six hundred talents. — The weight of gold thus expended on the plating of the walls of the inner shrine is not given in Kings. Solomon’s whole yearly revenue was 666 talents (1 Kings 10:14).