24. One wing of the first cherub was seven and a half feet long. The other wing was also seven and a half feet long. So the wings measured 15 feet from tip to tip.
25. The second cherub's wings also measured 15 feet from tip to tip. The two cherubim had the same size and shape.
26. Each cherub was 15 feet high.
27. Solomon placed the cherubim inside the Most Holy Room in the temple. Their wings were spread out. The wing tip of one cherub touched one wall. The wing tip of the other touched the other wall. The tips of their wings touched each other in the middle of the room.
28. Solomon covered the cherubim with gold.
29. On the walls that were all around the temple he carved cherubim, palm trees and open flowers. He carved them on the walls of the Most Holy Room and the main hall.
30. He also covered the floors of those two rooms with gold.
31. For the entrance to the Most Holy Room he made two doors out of olive wood. Each doorpost had five sides.
32. On the two olive wood doors he carved cherubim, palm trees and open flowers. He covered the cherubim and palm trees with hammered gold.
33. In the same way he made olive wood doorposts for the entrance to the main hall. Each doorpost had four sides.
34. He also made two pine doors. Each door had two parts. They turned in bases that were shaped like cups.
35. He carved cherubim, palm trees and open flowers on the doors. He covered the doors with gold. He hammered the gold evenly over the carvings.
36. He used blocks of stone to build a wall around the inside courtyard. The first three layers of the wall were made out of stone. The top layer was made out of beautiful cedar wood.
37. The foundation of the Lord's temple was laid in Solomon's fourth year. It was in the month of Ziv.