The cedar of the interior of the House was carved as gourds and open flowers. All was cedar; no stone was visible.
1 Kings 6:35 - Tree of Life Version He carved cheruvim, palm trees and open flowers on them and overlaid them with gold evenly applied on the graven work. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he carved thereon cherubims and palm trees and open flowers: and covered them with gold fitted upon the carved work. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He carved on them cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers, covered with gold evenly applied on the carved work. American Standard Version (1901) And he carved thereon cherubim and palm-trees and open flowers; and he overlaid them with gold fitted upon the graven work. Common English Bible Solomon carved winged creatures, palm trees, and blossoming flowers, and covered them with gold. Catholic Public Domain Version And he carved cherubim, and palm trees, and very prominent engravings. And he covered everything with gold plates, worked to be perfectly square. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he carved cherubims, and palm-trees, and carved work standing very much out: and he overlaid all with golden plates in square work by rule. |
The cedar of the interior of the House was carved as gourds and open flowers. All was cedar; no stone was visible.
and double doors of cypress wood. The two leaves of the one door were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding.
He built the inner court with three rows of cut stone and a row of cedar beams.
It was a handbreadth thick, and its brim was made like the brim of a cup, like the petals of a lily; it held 11,000 gallons.
On the plates of the braces and on its borders, he engraved cheruvim, lions and palm trees, wherever there was clear space around each, with encircling wreaths.
with the flowers and the lamps and the tongs of gold, the purest gold,
and the snuffers, the bowls, the spoons and the fire-pans of pure gold, and the doors of the House—the inner doors for the Holy of Holies and the doors of the House, that is, the Temple—were of gold.
There were shuttered windows toward the chambers and toward their pillars within the surrounding gate, and likewise the porches had windows all around inside. On each pillar were palm trees.
Its windows, porches and palm trees were the same measurements as the gate facing toward the east. Its stairway had seven steps, and its porch was in front of them.
It was made with cheruvim and palm trees. A palm tree was between cheruv and cheruv. Every cheruv had two faces: