13. Then he measured the temple; it was a hundred cubits long, and the temple courtyard and the building with its walls were also a hundred cubits long.
14. The width of the temple courtyard on the east, including the front of the temple, was a hundred cubits.
15. Then he measured the length of the building facing the courtyard at the rear of the temple, including its galleries on each side; it was a hundred cubits.The main hall, the inner sanctuary and the portico facing the court,
16. as well as the thresholds and the narrow windows and galleries round the three of them – everything beyond and including the threshold was covered with wood. The floor, the wall up to the windows, and the windows were covered.
17. In the space above the outside of the entrance to the inner sanctuary and on the walls at regular intervals all round the inner and outer sanctuary
18. were carved cherubim and palm trees. Palm trees alternated with cherubim. Each cherub had two faces: