21. So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold. He drew chains of gold across before the inner sanctuary, and he overlaid it with gold.
22. He overlaid the whole house with gold, until all the house was finished. He also overlaid the whole altar that belonged to the inner sanctuary with gold.
23. In the inner sanctuary he made two cherubim of olive wood, each ten cubits high.
24. Five cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the other wing of the cherub. From the tip of one wing to the tip of the other was ten cubits.
25. The other cherub was ten cubits. Both the cherubim were of one measure and one form.
26. One cherub was ten cubits high, and so was the other cherub.
27. He set the cherubim within the inner house. The wings of the cherubim were stretched out, 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 middle of the house.
28. He overlaid the cherubim with gold.
29. He carved all the walls of the house around with carved figures of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers, inside and outside.
30. He overlaid the floor of the house with gold, inside and outside.
31. For the entrance of the inner sanctuary, he made doors of olive wood. The lintel and door posts were a fifth part of the wall.
32. So he made two doors of olive wood; and he carved on them carvings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold. He spread the gold on the cherubim and on the palm trees.
33. He also did so for the entrance of the temple door posts of olive wood, out of a fourth part of the wall;
34. and two doors of cypress wood. The two leaves of the one door were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding.
35. He carved cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers; and he overlaid them with gold fitted on the engraved work.
36. He built the inner court with three courses of cut stone and a course of cedar beams.
37. The foundation of Yahweh’s house was laid in the fourth year, in the month Ziv.
38. In the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month, the house was finished throughout all its parts, and according to all its specifications. So he spent seven years building it.