21. Solomon overlaid the temple on the inside with pure gold, and he drew across it with golden chains in front of the inner sanctuary, which he overlaid with gold.
22. All of the temple he overlaid with gold until all of the temple was finished; all of the altar which belonged to the inner sanctuary he overlaid with gold.
23. He made two cherubim of olive wood for the inner sanctuary, ten cubits high.
24. Five cubits was the first wing of the cherub, and five cubits the second wing of the cherub, from the tip of his one wing up to the tip of his other wing.
25. The second cherub was ten cubits according to the same measurement, and there was one shape for the two cherubim.
26. The height of the first cherub was ten cubits and so was the second cherub.
27. He placed the cherubim in the middle of the inner house, and they spread out the wings of the cherubim; the wing of the first cherub touched against the wall and the wing of the second cherub was touching against the second wall; their wings spread to the middle of the house and were touching wing to wing.
28. He also overlaid the cherubim with gold.
29. On all of the walls around the house, he carved engravings of cherubim and palm tree images and budding flowers both inside and out.
30. He overlaid the floor of the house with gold both inside and out.
31. He made doors of olive wood for the doorway of the inner sanctuary, as well as for the doorpost of the fifth doorframe.
32. On the two doors of olive wood he made carvings of cherubim and palm tree images and budding flowers, and he overlaid them with gold by beating out the gold on the cherubim and the palm tree images.
33. Thus he made doorframes of olive wood on four sides for the doorway of the main hall
34. and two doors of cypress wood; one door with two folding panels and the second door with two folding panels.
35. He carved cherubim and palm tree images and budding flowers and overlaid them with gold evenly applied on the carved work.
36. Then he built the inner courtyard with three rows of dressed stone and a row of cedar beams.
37. In the fourth year, the house of Yahweh was founded in the month of Ziv.
38. In the eleventh year in the month of Bul, that is, the eighth month, the house was finished according to all his specifications and according to all his plans. He had built it in seven years.