23. He made two winged creatures of olive wood for the inner sanctuary, each fifteen feet high.
24. The wings of the first winged creature were each seven and a half feet long. It was fifteen feet from the end of one wing to the end of the other.
25. The second winged creature also measured fifteen feet. Both winged creatures had identical measurements and form.
26. The height of both winged creatures was fifteen feet.
27. Solomon placed the winged creatures inside the temple. Their wings spread out so that the wing of the one touched one wall and the wing of the other touched the other wall. In the middle of the temple, the wings of the two winged creatures touched each other.
28. He covered the winged creatures with gold.
29. Solomon carved all the walls of the temple—inner and outer rooms—with engravings of winged creatures, palm trees, and blossoming flowers.
30. He also covered the floor of the temple with gold, in both the inner and the outer rooms.
31. He made the doors of the inner sanctuary from olive wood and carved the doorframes with five recesses.
32. He overlaid the two olive-wood doors with gold-plated carvings of winged creatures, palm trees, and blossoming flowers.
33. He made the door of the main hall with doorframes of olive wood with four recesses.
34. The two doors of pinewood each pivoted on a socket.
35. Solomon carved winged creatures, palm trees, and blossoming flowers, and covered them with gold.
36. He built the inner courtyard with three rows of cut stone followed by one row of trimmed cedar.
37. Solomon laid the foundation of the Lord’s temple in the fourth year in the month of Ziv.
38. He finished the temple in all its details and measurements in the eleventh year during the eighth month, the month of Bul. He built it in seven years.