Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision 1752

3 Kings 6:30-38 Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision 1752 (DRC1752)

30. And the floor of the house he also overlaid with gold within and without.

31. And in the entrance of the oracle he made little doors of olive tree, and posts of five corners,

32. 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.

33. And he made in the entrance of the temple posts of olive tree foursquare:

34. And two doors of fir tree, one of each side: and each door was double, and so opened with folding leaves.

35. 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.

36. And he built the inner court with three rows of polished stones, and one row of beams of cedar.

37. In the fourth year was the house of the Lord founded in the month Zio:

38. And in the eleventh year in the month Bul (which is the eighth month) the house was finished in all the works thereof, and in all the appurtenances thereof: and he was seven years in building it.