35. He carved on it cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers; and he overlaid them with gold evenly applied on the engraved work.
36. He built the inner court with three rows of cut stone and a row of cedar beams.
37. In the fourth year the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid, in the month of Ziv.
38. In the eleventh year, in the month of Bul, which is the eighth month, the house was finished throughout all its parts and according to all its plans. So he was seven years in building it.