8. He made also the house of the holy of holies: the length of it according to the breadth of the temple, twenty cubits, and the breadth of it in like manner twenty cubits: and he overlaid it with plates of gold, amounting to about six hundred talents.
9. He made also nails of gold, and the weight of every nail was fifty sicles: the upper chambers also he overlaid with gold.
10. He made also in the house of the holy of holies two cherubims of image work: and he overlaid them with gold.
11. The wings of the cherubims were extended twenty cubits, so that one wing was five cubits long, and reached to the wall of the house: and the other was also five cubits long, and reached to the wing of the other cherub.
12. In like manner the wing of the other cherub, was five cubits long, and reached to the wall: and his other wing was five cubits long, and touched the wing of the other cherub.
13. So the wings of the two cherubims were spread forth, and were extended twenty cubits: and they stood upright on their feet, and their faces were turned toward the house without.
14. He made also a veil of violet, purple, scarlet, and silk: and wrought in it cherubims.
15. He made also before the doors of the temple two pillars, which were five and thirty cubits high: and their chapiters were five cubits.