13. I will live among the children of Israel in this Temple that you are building, and I will never leave the people of Israel.”
14. When Solomon finished the stonework on the Temple,
15. the stone walls inside the Temple were covered with cedar boards from floor to ceiling. Then the stone floor was covered with pine boards.
16. They built an inner room 20 cubits long in the back part of the Temple. This room was called the Most Holy Place. They covered the walls in this room with cedar boards, from floor to ceiling.
17. In front of the Most Holy Place was the main part of the Temple. This room was 40 cubits long.
18. They covered the walls in this room with cedar boards—none of the stones in the walls could be seen. They carved pictures of flowers and gourds into the cedar.
19. Solomon finished the inner room in the back part of the Temple. This room was for the Box of the Lord’S Agreement.
20. This room was 20 cubits long, 20 cubits wide, and 20 cubits high. Solomon covered this room with pure gold. He also covered the cedar altar with gold.
21. He covered the inside of the Temple with pure gold and wrapped gold chains around it.
22. The inside of the Temple was covered with gold, and the altar in front of the Most Holy Place was covered with gold.
23. The workers made two statues of Cherub angels with wings. They made the statues from olive wood and put them in the Most Holy Place. Each angel was 10 cubits tall.
24-26. Both Cherub angels were the same size and built the same way. Each one had two wings. Each wing was 5 cubits long. From the end of one wing to the end of the other wing was 10 cubits. And each Cherub angel was 10 cubits tall.
27. They put the Cherub angels beside one another in the Most Holy Place. Their wings touched each other in the middle of the room. The other two wings touched each side wall.
28. The two Cherub angels were covered with gold.
29. The walls around the main room and the inner room were carved with pictures of Cherub angels, palm trees, and flowers.
30. The floor of both rooms was covered with gold.