19. He prepared the inner sanctuary inside the temple to put the ark of the Lord’s covenant there.
20. The interior of the sanctuary was 30 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 30 feet high; he overlaid it with pure gold. He also overlaid the cedar altar.
21. Next, Solomon overlaid the interior of the temple with pure gold, and he hung gold chains across the front of the inner sanctuary and overlaid it with gold.
22. So he added the gold overlay to the entire temple until everything was completely finished, including the entire altar that belongs to the inner sanctuary.
23. In the inner sanctuary he made two cherubim 15 feet high out of olive wood.
24. One wing of the first cherub was 7 1/2 feet long, and the other wing was 7 1/2 feet long. The wingspan was 15 feet from tip to tip.
25. The second cherub also was 15 feet; both cherubim had the same size and shape.
26. The first cherub’s height was 15 feet and so was the second cherub’s.
27. Then he put the cherubim inside the inner temple. Since their wings were spread out, the first one’s wing touched one wall while the second cherub’s wing touched the other wall, and in the middle of the temple their wings were touching wing to wing.
28. He also overlaid the cherubim with gold.
29. He carved all the surrounding temple walls with carved engravings — cherubim, palm trees and flower blossoms — in both the inner and outer sanctuaries.
30. He overlaid the temple floor with gold in both the inner and outer sanctuaries.
31. For the entrance of the inner sanctuary, he made olive wood doors. The pillars of the doorposts were five-sided.
32. The two doors were made of olive wood. He carved cherubim, palm trees, and flower blossoms on them and overlaid them with gold, hammering gold over the cherubim and palm trees.