17. And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits long.
18. And the cedar of the house within was carved with wild gourds and open flowers. All was cedar; no stone was seen.
19. And he prepared the oracle in the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of the Lord.
20. And the oracle in the forepart was twenty cubits in length and twenty cubits wide and twenty cubits high, and he overlaid it with pure gold and likewise covered the altar which was of cedar.
21. So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold, and he closed the door of the oracle with chains of gold, and he overlaid it with gold.
22. And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until he had finished all the house; also the whole altar that was in front of the oracle he overlaid with gold.
23. And within the oracle he made two cherubims of olive wood, each ten cubits high.
24. And one wing of the cherub was five cubits, and the other wing of the cherub five cubits; from the uttermost part of the one wing unto the uttermost part of the other were ten cubits.
25. Likewise, the other cherub was ten cubits, for both the cherubims were of one measure and one size.
26. The height of one cherub was ten cubits, and so was the other cherub.
27. 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.
28. And he overlaid the cherubims with gold.
29. 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.
30. And the floor of the house he overlaid with gold, within and without.
31. And at the entrance of the oracle he made doors of olive wood; the lintel and side posts had five sides.
32. The two doors were of olive wood, and he carved upon them carvings of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers and overlaid them with gold and covered the cherubims and the palm trees with gold.
33. In the same manner he made posts of olive wood at the entrance of the temple with four sides.
34. The two doors were of fir; the two sides of the one door were rounded, and the two leaves of the other door were rounded.
35. And he carved thereon cherubims and palm trees and open flowers and covered them with gold fitted upon the carved work.