1 Kings 6:27-47

²⁷ He set the cherubim within the inner house; and the wings of the cherubim were stretched forth, so that the wing of the one touched the one wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall; and their wings touched one another in the midst of the house. ²⁸ He overlaid the cherubim with gold. ²⁹ He carved all the walls of the house around with carved figures of cherubim and palm trees and open flowers, inside and outside. ³⁰ The floor of the house he overlaid with gold, inside and outside. ³¹ For the entrance of the oracle he made doors of olive wood: the lintel and door posts were a fifth part of the wall. ³² So he made two doors of olive wood; and he carved on them carvings of cherubim and palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold; and he spread the gold on the cherubim, and on the palm trees. ³³ So also made he for the entrance of the temple door posts of olive wood, out of a fourth part of the wall; ³⁴ and two doors of fir wood: the two leaves of the one door were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding. ³⁵ He carved thereon cherubim and palm trees and open flowers; and he overlaid them with gold fitted on the engraved work. ³⁶ He built the inner court with three courses of cut stone, and a course of cedar beams. ³⁷ In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of Yahweh laid, in the month Ziv. ³⁸ In the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month, was the house finished throughout all its parts, and according to all its fashion. So was he seven years in building it.