And he made the most holy house, the length whereof was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits: and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents.

The most holy house. It was a perfect cube (cf. 1 Kings 6:20).

Overlaid it with ... gold, amounting to six hundred talents - at 4 British pounds per oz., equal 3,600,000 pounds sterling.

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