31 For the entrance of the inner sanctuary he made doors of olive wood; the lintel and doorposts were [a]one-fifth of the wall. 32 The two doors were of olive wood; and he carved on them figures of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold; and he spread gold on the cherubim and on the palm trees. 33 So for the door of the [b]sanctuary he also made doorposts of olive wood, [c]one-fourth of the wall.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 6:31 Or five-sided
  2. 1 Kings 6:33 temple
  3. 1 Kings 6:33 Or four-sided

31 For the entrance to the inner sanctuary he made doors out of olive wood that were one fifth of the width of the sanctuary. 32 And on the two olive-wood doors(A) he carved cherubim, palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid the cherubim and palm trees with hammered gold. 33 In the same way, for the entrance to the main hall he made doorframes out of olive wood that were one fourth of the width of the hall.

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