📖WEB · 1 Kings 6:29
What does 1 Kings 6:29 mean?
"He carved all the walls of the house around with carved figures of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers, inside and outside."
— 1 Kings 6:29 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
One cherub was ten cubits high, and so was the other cherub.
He set the cherubim within the inner house. The wings of the cherubim were stretched out, 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 middle of the house.
He overlaid the cherubim with gold.
He carved all the walls of the house around with carved figures of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers, inside and outside.
He overlaid the floor of the house with gold, inside and outside.
For the entrance of the inner sanctuary, he made doors of olive wood. The lintel and door posts were a fifth part of the wall.
So 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. He spread the gold on the cherubim and on the palm trees.
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