1 Kings 6:20-35
6:20 The inner sanctuary was 30 feet
long, 30 feet wide, and 30 feet high. He plated it with gold,
as well as the cedar altar.
6:21 Solomon plated the inside of the temple with gold.
He hung golden chains in front of the inner sanctuary and plated the inner sanctuary
with gold.
6:22 He plated the entire inside of the temple with gold, as well as the altar inside the inner sanctuary.
6:23 In the inner sanctuary he made two cherubs of olive wood; each stood 15 feet high.
6:24 Each of the first cherub’s wings was seven and a half feet long; its entire wingspan was 15 feet.
6:25 The second cherub also had a wingspan of 15 feet; it was identical to the first in measurements and shape.
6:26 Each cherub stood 15 feet high.
6:27 He put the cherubs in the inner sanctuary of the temple. Their wings were spread out. One of the first cherub’s wings touched one wall and one of the other cherub’s wings touched the opposite wall. The first cherub’s other wing touched the second cherub’s other wing in the middle of the room.
6:28 He plated the cherubs with gold.
6:29 On all the walls around the temple, inside and out, he carved cherubs, palm trees, and flowers in bloom.
6:30 He plated the floor of the temple with gold, inside and out.
6:31 He made doors of olive wood at the entrance to the inner sanctuary; the pillar on each doorpost was five-sided.
6:32 On the two doors made of olive wood he carved cherubs, palm trees, and flowers in bloom, and he plated them with gold. He plated the cherubs and the palm trees with hammered gold.
6:33 In the same way he made doorposts of olive wood for the entrance to the main hall, only with four-sided pillars.
6:34 He also made two doors out of wood from evergreens; each door had two folding leaves.
6:35 He carved cherubs, palm trees, and flowers in bloom and plated them with gold, leveled out over the carvings.
1 Kings 6:1
The Building of the Temple
6:1 In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites left Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, during the month Ziv (the second month), he began building the Lord’s temple.
1 Kings 1:14-16
1:14 While
you are still there speaking to the king, I will arrive
and verify your report.”
1:15 So Bathsheba visited the king in his private quarters. (The king was very old, and Abishag the Shunammite was serving the king.)
1:16 Bathsheba bowed down on the floor before the king. The king said, “What do you want?”
Psalms 24:1
Psalm 24
A psalm of David.
24:1 The Lord owns the earth and all it contains,
the world and all who live in it.
Psalms 50:10-12
50:10 For every wild animal in the forest belongs to me,
as well as the cattle that graze on a thousand hills.
50:11 I keep track of every bird in the hills,
and the insects of the field are mine.
50:12 Even if I were hungry, I would not tell you,
for the world and all it contains belong to me.
Isaiah 60:13
60:13 The splendor of Lebanon will come to you,
its evergreens, firs, and cypresses together,
to beautify my palace;
I will bestow honor on my throne room.
Isaiah 60:17
60:17 Instead of bronze, I will bring you gold,
instead of iron, I will bring you silver,
instead of wood, I will bring you bronze,
instead of stones, I will bring you iron.
I will make prosperity your overseer,
and vindication your sovereign ruler.