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22 He finished the Temple by overlaying it entirely with gold, including overlaying with gold the whole altar that was by the inner sanctuary.

Temple Furnishings(A)

23 Inside the inner sanctuary Solomon[a] placed two cherubim crafted from olive wood, each ten cubits[b] high. 24 Each wing of one cherub was five cubits[c] long, and each wing of the other cherub was five cubits[d] long, so that the distance from the end of one wing to the end of the other wing was ten cubits.[e]

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 6:23 Lit. he
  2. 1 Kings 6:23 I.e. about fifteen feet; a cubit was about eighteen inches
  3. 1 Kings 6:24 I.e. about seven and a half feet; a cubit was about eighteen inches
  4. 1 Kings 6:24 I.e. about seven and a half feet; a cubit was about eighteen inches
  5. 1 Kings 6:24 I.e. about fifteen feet; a cubit was about eighteen inches