1 Kings 6:35

35 He carved cherubim, palm trees and open flowers on them and overlaid them with gold hammered evenly over the carvings.

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1 Kings 6:35 in Other Translations

KJV

35 And he carved thereon cherubims and palm trees and open flowers: and covered them with gold fitted upon the carved work.

ESV

35 On them he carved cherubim and palm trees and open flowers, and he overlaid them with gold evenly applied on the carved work.

NLT

35 These doors were decorated with carvings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers—all overlaid evenly with gold.

MSG

35 These also were carved with cherubim, palm trees, and flowers, and plated with finely hammered gold leaf.

CSB

35 He carved cherubim, palm trees and flower blossoms on them and overlaid them with gold applied evenly over the carving.

1 Kings 6:35 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 6:35

And he carved [thereon] cherubims, and palm trees, and open
flowers
As upon the doors of the most holy place, ( 1 Kings 6:32 ) ; see ( Ezekiel 41:25 ) ;

and covered [them] with gold, fitted upon the carved work;
plates of gold were fitted, as to the dimensions of them, to the cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

1 Kings 6:35 In-Context

33 In the same way, for the entrance to the main hall he made doorframes out of olive wood that were one fourth of the width of the hall.

34 He also made two doors out of juniper wood, each having two leaves that turned in sockets.

35 He carved cherubim, palm trees and open flowers on them and overlaid them with gold hammered evenly over the carvings.

36 And he built the inner courtyard of three courses of dressed stone and one course of trimmed cedar beams.

37 The foundation of the temple of the LORD was laid in the fourth year, in the month of Ziv.

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