And the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Sicles. This weight seems enormous for each nail. Mariana supposes every nail weighed one sicle. But who will believe that only fifty were used? Hebrew, "And the weight of the nails was fifty "The Syriac and Arabic omit this verse entirely.
Chambers, or rather "the ceiling."