📖WEB · 1 Kings 6:35

What does 1 Kings 6:35 mean?

"He carved cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers; and he overlaid them with gold fitted on the engraved work."

— 1 Kings 6:35 (World English Bible)

Surrounding context

32

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.

33

He also did so for the entrance of the temple door posts of olive wood, out of a fourth part of the wall;

34

and two doors of cypress wood. The two leaves of the one door were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding.

35

He carved cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers; and he overlaid them with gold fitted on the engraved work.

36

He built the inner court with three courses of cut stone and a course of cedar beams.

37

The foundation of Yahweh’s house was laid in the fourth year, in the month Ziv.

38

In the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month, the house was finished throughout all its parts, and according to all its specifications. So he spent seven years building it.

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