1 Kings 6:18

6:18 The inside of the temple was all cedar and was adorned with carvings of round ornaments and of flowers in bloom. Everything was cedar; no stones were visible. ¹ 

1 Kings 6:29

6:29 On all the walls around the temple, inside and out, ²  he carved ³  cherubs, palm trees, and flowers in bloom.

1 Kings 6:32

6:32 On the two doors made of olive wood he carved ⁴  cherubs, palm trees, and flowers in bloom, and he plated them with gold. ⁵  He plated the cherubs and the palm trees with hammered gold. ⁶ 

1 Kings 6:35

6:35 He carved cherubs, palm trees, and flowers in bloom and plated them with gold, leveled out over the carvings.

¹ tn Heb “Cedar was inside the temple, carvings of gourds (i.e., gourd-shaped ornaments) and opened flowers; the whole was cedar, no stone was seen.”

² sn Inside and out probably refers to the inner and outer rooms within the building.

³ tn Heb “carved engravings of carvings.”

⁴ tn Heb “carved carvings of.”

⁵ tn Heb “he plated [with] gold” (the precise object is not stated).

⁶ tn Heb “and he hammered out the gold on the cherubs and the palm trees.”