Lexham English Bible

1 Kings 6:27-38 Lexham English Bible (LEB)

27. He placed the cherubim in the middle of the inner house, and they spread out the wings of the cherubim; the wing of the first cherub touched against the wall and the wing of the second cherub was touching against the second wall; their wings spread to the middle of the house and were touching wing to wing.

28. He also overlaid the cherubim with gold.

29. On all of the walls around the house, he carved engravings of cherubim and palm tree images and budding flowers both inside and out.

30. He overlaid the floor of the house with gold both inside and out.

31. He made doors of olive wood for the doorway of the inner sanctuary, as well as for the doorpost of the fifth doorframe.

32. On the two doors of olive wood he made carvings of cherubim and palm tree images and budding flowers, and he overlaid them with gold by beating out the gold on the cherubim and the palm tree images.

33. Thus he made doorframes of olive wood on four sides for the doorway of the main hall

34. and two doors of cypress wood; one door with two folding panels and the second door with two folding panels.

35. He carved cherubim and palm tree images and budding flowers and overlaid them with gold evenly applied on the carved work.

36. Then he built the inner courtyard with three rows of dressed stone and a row of cedar beams.

37. In the fourth year, the house of Yahweh was founded in the month of Ziv.

38. In the eleventh year in the month of Bul, that is, the eighth month, the house was finished according to all his specifications and according to all his plans. He had built it in seven years.