1 Kings 6:15-33

15He 1built the walls of the house on the inside with boards of cedar; from the floor of the house to the 2ceiling he paneled the walls on the inside with wood, and he paneled the floor of the house with boards of juniper. 163He also built 4twenty cubits on the rear part of the house with boards of cedar from the floor to the 5ceiling; he built them for it on the inside as an inner sanctuary, as 6the Most Holy Place. 17The house, that is, the main room in front of the inner sanctuary, was 7forty cubits long. 18There was cedar inside the house, carved in the shape of 8gourds and open flowers; everything was cedar, there was no stone visible. 19Then he prepared an inner sanctuary inside the house in order to place there the ark of the covenant of the Lord. 209The inner sanctuary was twenty cubits in length, twenty cubits in width, and twenty cubits in height; and he overlaid it with pure gold. He also paneled the altar with cedar. 21So Solomon overlaid the inside of the house with pure gold. And he extended chains of gold across the front of the inner sanctuary, and he overlaid it with gold. 22He overlaid the entire house with gold, until all the house was finished. Also 10the entire altar which was by the inner sanctuary he overlaid with gold.

2311And in the inner sanctuary he made two 12cherubim of olive wood, each 13ten cubits high. 24The one wing of the first cherub was five cubits, and the other wing of the first cherub was five cubits; from the end of one wing to the end of the other wing were ten cubits. 25The second cherub was ten cubits; both of the cherubim were of the same measurement and the same form. 26The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was that of the other cherub. 27He placed the cherubim in the midst of the inner house, and 14the wings of the cherubim spread out so that the wing of the one was touching the one wall, and the wing of the other cherub was touching the other wall. And their wings were touching 15end to 16end in the center of the house. 28He also overlaid the cherubim with gold.

29Then he carved all the surrounding walls of the house with engravings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers, for the inner and outer sanctuaries. 30And he overlaid the floor of the house with gold, for the inner and outer sanctuaries.

31And for the entrance of the inner sanctuary he made doors of olive wood, the lintel, and five-sided doorposts. 32So he made two doors of olive wood, and he carved on them carvings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold; and he overlaid the cherubim and the palm trees with gold.

33So too he made for the entrance of the main room four-sided doorposts of olive wood,