33. For the entrance to the main room a rectangular door-frame of olive wood was made.
34. There were two folding doors made of pine
35. and decorated with carved figures of winged creatures, palm trees, and flowers, which were evenly covered with gold.
36. An inner court was built in front of the Temple, enclosed with walls which had one layer of cedar beams for every three layers of stone.
37. The foundation of the Temple was laid in the second month, the month of Ziv, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign.
38. In the eighth month, the month of Bul, in the eleventh year of Solomon's reign, the Temple was completely finished exactly as it had been planned. It had taken Solomon seven years to build it.