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The inner sanctuary he prepared in the innermost part of the house, to set there the ark of the covenant of the LORD.
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The inner sanctuary was twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and twenty cubits high; and he overlaid it with pure gold. He also made an altar of cedar.
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And Solomon overlaid the inside of the house with pure gold, and he drew chains of gold across, in front of the inner sanctuary, and overlaid it with gold.
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And he overlaid the whole house with gold, until all the house was finished. Also the whole altar that belonged to the inner sanctuary he overlaid with gold.
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In the inner sanctuary he made two cherubim of olivewood, each ten cubits high.
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Five cubits was the length of one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the length of the other wing of the cherub; it was ten cubits from the tip of one wing to the tip of the other.
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The other cherub also measured ten cubits; both cherubim had the same measure and the same form.
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The height of one cherub was ten cubits, and so was that of the other cherub.
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He put the cherubim in the innermost part of the house; and the wings of the cherubim were spread out so that a wing of one touched the one wall, and a wing of the other cherub touched the other wall; their other wings touched each other in the middle of the house.
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And he overlaid the cherubim with gold.
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He carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubim and palm trees and open flowers, in the inner and outer rooms.