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22 He plated the entire inside of the temple with gold, as well as the altar inside the inner sanctuary.[a]

23 In the inner sanctuary he made two cherubim of olive wood; each stood 15 feet[b] high. 24 Each of the first cherub’s wings was 7½ feet long; its entire wingspan was 15 feet.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 6:22 tn Heb “all the temple he plated with gold until all the temple was finished; and the whole altar which was in the inner sanctuary he plated with gold.”
  2. 1 Kings 6:23 tn Heb “10 cubits” (a cubit was a unit of measure roughly equivalent to 18 inches or 45 cm).
  3. 1 Kings 6:24 tn Heb “The first wing of the [one] cherub was 5 cubits, and the second wing of the cherub was 5 cubits, 10 cubits from the tips of his wings to the tips of his wings.”