19. And he prepared the inner sanctuary inside the temple, to set the ark of the covenant of the Lord there.
20. The inner sanctuary was twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and twenty cubits high. He overlaid it with pure gold, and overlaid the altar of cedar.
21. So Solomon overlaid the inside of the temple with pure gold. He stretched gold chains across the front of the inner sanctuary, and overlaid it with gold.
22. The whole temple he overlaid with gold, until he had finished all the temple; also he overlaid with gold the entire altar that was by the inner sanctuary.
23. Inside the inner sanctuary he made two cherubim of olive wood, each ten cubits high.
24. One wing of the cherub was five cubits, and the other wing of the cherub five cubits: ten cubits from the tip of one wing to the tip of the other.
25. And the other cherub was ten cubits; both cherubim were of the same size and shape.
26. The height of one cherub was ten cubits, and so was the other cherub.
27. Then he set the cherubim inside the inner room; and they stretched out the wings of the cherubim so that the wing of the one touched one wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall. And their wings touched each other in the middle of the room.
28. Also he overlaid the cherubim with gold.
29. Then he carved all the walls of the temple all around, both the inner and outer sanctuaries, with carved figures of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers.
30. And the floor of the temple he overlaid with gold, both the inner and outer sanctuaries.
31. For the entrance of the inner sanctuary he made doors of olive wood; the lintel and doorposts were one-fifth of the wall.