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ceiling he paneled the inside with wood; and he 31 For the entrance of the inner sanctuary he
covered the floor of the temple with planks of made doors of olive wood; the lintel and door-
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cypress. Then he built the twenty-cubit room posts were one-fifth of the wall. The two doors
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at the rear of the temple, from floor to ceiling, were of olive wood; and he carved on them fig-
with cedar boards; he built it inside as the inner ures of cherubim, palm trees, and open flow-
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sanctuary, as the Most Holy Place. And in front ers, and overlaid them with gold; and he
of it the temple sanctuary was forty cubits long. spread gold on the cherubim and on the palm
18 The inside of the temple was cedar, carved trees. So for the door of the sanctuary he also
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with ornamental buds and open flowers. All was made doorposts of olive wood, one-fourth of
cedar; there was no stone to be seen. the wall. And the two doors were of cypress
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wood; two panels comprised one folding door,
and two panels comprised the other folding
door. Then he carved cherubim, palm trees,
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and open flowers on them, and overlaid them
6:16 the Most Holy Place. This inner sanctu- with gold applied evenly on the carved work.
ary,partitioned off from the main hall by cedar 36 And he built the inner court with three
planks, was a perfect cube about 30 feet on a rows of hewn stone and a row of cedar beams.
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the temple. The Most Holy Place is further In the fourth year the foundation of the
described in vv. 19–28. The tabernacle also house of the LORD was laid, in the month of
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had a Most Holy Place (Ex. 26:33,34). Ziv. And in the eleventh year, in the month
of Bul, which is the eighth month, the house
was finished in all its details and according
to all its plans. So he was seven years in
19 And he prepared the inner sanctuary building it.
inside the temple, to set the ark of the
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covenant of the LORD there. The inner sanc- Psalm 68:21–27
tuary was twenty cubits long, twenty cubits 21 But God will wound the head of His
wide, and twenty cubits high. He overlaid it enemies,
with pure gold, and overlaid the altar of cedar. The hairy scalp of the one who still
21 So Solomon overlaid the inside of the temple goes on in his trespasses.
with pure gold. He stretched gold chains 22 The Lord said, “I will bring back from
across the front of the inner sanctuary, and Bashan,
overlaid it with gold. The whole temple he I will bring them back from the depths
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overlaid with gold, until he had finished all the of the sea,
temple; also he overlaid with gold the entire 23 That your foot may crush them in
altar that was by the inner sanctuary. blood,
23 Inside the inner sanctuary he made two And the tongues of your dogs may have
cherubim of olive wood, each ten cubits high. their portion from your enemies.”
24 One wing of the cherub was five cubits, and
24 They have seen Your procession,
the other wing of the cherub five cubits: ten
cubits from the tip of one wing to the tip of the O God,
other. And the other cherub was ten cubits; The procession of my God, my King,
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both cherubim were of the same size and into the sanctuary.
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shape. The height of one cherub was ten The singers went before, the players
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cubits, and so was the other cherub. Then he on instruments followed after;
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set the cherubim inside the inner room; and Among them were the maidens playing
they stretched out the wings of the cherubim timbrels.
so that the wing of the one touched one wall, 26 Bless God in the congregations,
and the wing of the other cherub touched the The Lord, from the fountain of Israel.
other wall. And their wings touched each 27 There is little Benjamin, their leader,
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other in the middle of the room. Also he over- The princes of Judah and their
laid the cherubim with gold. company,
29 Then he carved all the walls of the temple The princes of Zebulun and the princes
all around, both the inner and outer sanctuar- of Naphtali.
ies, with carved figures of cherubim, palm Proverbs 17:13–15
trees, and open flowers. And the floor of the
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temple he overlaid with gold, both the inner 13 Whoever rewards evil for good,
and outer sanctuaries. Evil will not depart from his house.
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