3:5 He paneled 1 the main hall 2 with boards made from evergreen trees 3 and plated it with fine gold, decorated with palm trees and chains. 4 3:6 He decorated the temple with precious stones; the gold he used came from Parvaim. 5 3:7 He overlaid the temple’s rafters, thresholds, walls and doors with gold; he carved decorative cherubim on the walls.
1 tnHeb “covered.”
2 tnHeb “the large house.”
3 tnHeb “wood of evergreens.”
4 tnHeb “and he put up on it palm trees and chains.”
5 tnHeb “and he plated the house [with] precious stone for beauty, and the gold was the gold of Parvaim.”