The cedar within the house was carved in the form of gourds and open flowers; all was cedar, no stone was seen.
1 Kings 6:32 - Revised Standard Version He covered the two doors of olivewood with carvings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers; he overlaid them with gold, and spread gold upon the cherubim and upon the palm trees. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The two doors also were of olive tree; and he carved upon them carvings of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold, and spread gold upon the cherubims, and upon the palm trees. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition On the two doors of olive wood he carved cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers; he overlaid them with gold, and spread gold on the cherubim and palm trees. American Standard Version (1901) So he made two doors of olive-wood; and he carved upon them carvings of cherubim and palm-trees and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold; and he spread the gold upon the cherubim, and upon the palm-trees. Common English Bible He overlaid the two olive-wood doors with gold-plated carvings of winged creatures, palm trees, and blossoming flowers. Catholic Public Domain Version And there were two doors, from wood of the olive tree. And he carved upon them pictures of cherubim, and images of palm trees, and very prominent figures. And he overlaid these with gold. And he covered the cherubim, as well as the palm trees and the other things, with gold. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And two doors of olive-tree. And he carved upon them figures of cherubims, and figures of palm-trees, and carvings very much projecting: and he overlaid them with gold. And he covered both the cherubims and the palm-trees, and the other things with gold. |
The cedar within the house was carved in the form of gourds and open flowers; all was cedar, no stone was seen.
In the inner sanctuary he made two cherubim of olivewood, each ten cubits high.
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.
For the entrance to the inner sanctuary he made doors of olivewood; the lintel and the doorposts formed a pentagon.
So also he made for the entrance to the nave doorposts of olivewood, in the form of a square,
the snuffers, basins, dishes for incense, and firepans, of pure gold; and the sockets of the temple, for the inner doors to the most holy place and for the doors of the nave of the temple were of gold.
And the gateway had windows round about, narrowing inwards into their jambs in the side rooms, and likewise the vestibule had windows round about inside, and on the jambs were palm trees.
of cherubim and palm trees, a palm tree between cherub and cherub. Every cherub had two faces: