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.