1 Kings 6:35

35 And he graved cherubims, and palms, and gravings appearing greatly (And he carved cherubim, and palms, and open flowers); and he covered all things with golden plates, by square work at rule.

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.

1 Kings 6:35 In-Context

33 And in the entering of the temple he made posts four-cornered of (the) trees of olives; (And for the entrance to the Temple he made four-cornered posts out of olive wood;)
34 and he made [the] two doors of the trees of box, each against (the) other (and he made the two doors out of fir, or pine, wood, each against the other); and ever either door was double, and it was opened holding itself together.
35 And he graved cherubims, and palms, and gravings appearing greatly (And he carved cherubim, and palms, and open flowers); and he covered all things with golden plates, by square work at rule.
36 And he builded a large street, or an alley, within, by three orders of stones made fair, and by one order of wood of cedar. (And he built a large courtyard within, with three rows of hewn stones, and one row of cedar beams.)
37 The house of the Lord was founded in the fourth year of the realm of Solomon, in the month (of) Zif; (The House of the Lord was begun in the fourth year of Solomon's reign, in the month of Zif;)
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