1 Kings 6
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1 Kings 6:19-28

19He prepared the inner room of the temple in order to put the ark of the Lord’s promise there.

20The inner room was 30 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 30 feet high. Solomon covered it and the cedar altar with pure gold.

21He covered the inside of the temple with pure gold. He put golden chains across the front of the inner room which was covered with gold.

22He covered the entire inside of the temple with gold. He also covered the entire altar in the inner room with gold.

23In the inner room he made two 15-foot-tall angels  out of olive wood.

24Each wing of the angels was 7½ feet long. The distance from the tip of one wing to the tip of the other was 15 feet.

25Both angels had a 15-foot ⌞wingspan⌟. Both had the same measurements and the same shape.

26Each was 15 feet high.

27Solomon put the angels in the inner room of the temple. The wings of the angels extended so that the wing of one of the angels touched the one wall, and the wing of the other touched the other wall. Their remaining wings touched each other in the center of the room.

28He covered the angels with gold.

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