1 Kings 6:15–38

And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar, both the floor of the house, and the walls of the cieling: and he covered them on the inside with wood, and covered the floor of the house with planks of fir.⇇

And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house, both the floor and the walls with boards of cedar: he even ↦built them for it within, even for the oracle, even for the most holy place.⇇

And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits long.⇇

And the cedar of the house within was carved with knops and open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen.⇇

And ↦the oracle he prepared in the house within, ↦to set there the ark of the covenant of the LORD.⇇

And the oracle in the forepart was ↦twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof: and he overlaid it with pure gold; and so covered ↦the altar which was of cedar.⇇

So Solomon ↦overlaid the house within with pure gold: and he made a partition ↦by the chains of gold before the oracle; and he overlaid it with gold.⇇

And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until he had finished all the house: ↦also the whole altar that was by the oracle he overlaid with gold.⇇

And within the oracle he made ↦two cherubims of olive tree, each ten cubits high.⇇

And five cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the other wing of the cherub: from the uttermost part of the one wing unto the uttermost part of the other were ten cubits.⇇

And the other cherub was ten cubits: both the cherubims were of one measure and one size.⇇

The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was it of the other cherub.⇇

And he set the cherubims within the inner house: and ↦they stretched forth the wings of the cherubims, so that the wing of the one touched the one wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall; and their wings touched one another in the midst of the house.⇇

And he overlaid the cherubims with gold.⇇

And he carved all the walls of the house round about with ↦carved figures of cherubims and ↦palm trees and ↦open flowers, within and without.⇇

And the floor of the house he overlaid with gold, within and without.⇉⇇

And for the entering of the oracle he made ↦doors of olive tree: the lintel and side posts were a fifth part of the wall.⇇

The ↦two doors also were of olive tree; and he carved upon them carvings of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold, and spread gold upon the cherubims, and upon the palm trees.⇇

So also made he for the door of the temple posts of olive tree, a fourth part of the wall.⇇

And the two doors were of ↦fir tree: ↦the two leaves of the one door were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding.⇇

And he carved thereon cherubims and palm trees and open flowers: and covered them with gold fitted upon the carved work.⇇

And he built ↦the inner court with three rows of hewed stone, and a row of cedar beams.⇇

In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the LORD laid, in the month Zif:⇉⇇

And in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month, was the house ↦finished throughout all the parts thereof, and according to all the fashion of it. So was he ↦seven years in building it.⇇