open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen. 006:019 He prepared an oracle in the midst of the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of Yahweh. 006:020 Within the oracle was [a space of] twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height of it; and he overlaid it with pure gold: and he covered the altar with cedar. 006:021 So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold: and he drew chains of gold across before the oracle; and he overlaid it with gold. 006:022 The whole house he overlaid with gold, until all the house was finished: also the whole altar that belonged to the oracle he overlaid with gold. 006:023 In the oracle he made two cherubim of olive wood, each ten cubits high. 006:024 Five cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the other wing of the cherub: from the uttermost part of the one wing to the uttermost part of the other were ten cubits. 006:025 The other cherub was ten cubits: both the cherubim were of one measure and one form. 006:026 The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was it of the other cherub. 006:027 He set the cherubim within the inner house; and the wings of the cherubim were stretched forth, 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 midst of the house. 006:028 He overlaid the cherubim with gold. 006:029 He carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubim and palm trees and open flowers, inside and outside. 006:030 The floor of the house he overlaid with gold, inside and outside. 006:031 For the entrance of the oracle he made doors of olive wood: the lintel [and] door posts were a fifth part [of the wall]. 006:032 So [he made] two doors of olive wood; and he carved on them carvings of cherubim and palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold; and he spread the gold on the cherubim, and on the palm trees. 006:033 So also made he for the entrance of the temple door posts of olive wood, out of a fourth part [of the wall]; 006:034 and two doors of fir wood: the two leaves of the one door were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding. 006:035 He carved [thereon] cherubim and palm trees and open flowers; and he overlaid them with gold fitted on the engraved work. 006:036 He built the inner court with three courses of hewn stone, and a course of cedar beams. 006:037 In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of Yahweh laid, in the month Ziv. 006:038 In the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month, was the house finished throughout all the parts of it, and according to all the fashion of it.