23 (A)The temple and the sanctuary had two doors.

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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. 34 And the two doors were of cypress wood; (A)two panels comprised one folding door, and two panels comprised the other folding door. 35 Then he carved cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers on them, and overlaid them with gold applied evenly on the carved work.

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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

Dimensions of the Sanctuary

41 Then he (A)brought me into the [a]sanctuary and measured the doorposts, six cubits wide on one side and six cubits wide on the other side—the width of the tabernacle.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 41:1 Heb. heykal; the main room in the temple, the holy place, Ex. 26:33

22 the trimmers, the bowls, the ladles, and the censers of pure gold. As for the entry of the [a]sanctuary, its inner doors to the Most Holy Place, and the doors of the main hall of the temple, were gold.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 4:22 Lit. house

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