Holy Bible: Easy-To-Read Version

1 Kings 6:33-38 Holy Bible: Easy-To-Read Version (ETR)

33. They also made doors for the entrance to the main room. They used olive wood to make a square doorframe.

34. There were two doors made from pine. Each door had two parts that folded together.

35. They carved pictures of Cherub angels, palm trees, and flowers on the doors. Then they covered them with gold.

36. Then they built a wall around the inner yard. Each wall was made from three rows of cut stones and one row of cedar timbers.

37. They started working on the Lord’S Temple in the month of Ziv, the second month of the year. This was during Solomon’s fourth year as king of Israel.

38. The Temple was finished in the month of Bul, the eighth month of the year, in Solomon’s eleventh year as king. It took seven years to build the Temple. It was built exactly as planned.