1 Kings 6:14-38 - The Temple's Interior
14 Solomon finished building the Temple. 15 The inside walls were covered with cedar panels from the floor to the ceiling. The floor was made of pine. 16 An inner room, called the Most Holy Place, was built in the rear of the Temple. It was thirty feet long and was partitioned off by cedar boards reaching from the floor to the ceiling. 17 The room in front of the Most Holy Place was sixty feet long. 18 The cedar panels were decorated with carvings of gourds and flowers. The entire interior was covered with cedar. The stones of the walls could not be seen.
19 An inner room was built in the rear of the Temple. The Ark of the Covenant was to be placed there. 20 This inner room was thirty feet long, thirty feet wide, and thirty feet high, all covered with pure gold. The altar was covered with cedar panels. 21 The inside of the Temple was covered with gold. Gold chains were placed across the entrance of the inner room. 22 The whole interior of the Temple was covered with gold, as well as the altar in the Most Holy Place.
23 Two cherubim made of olive wood were placed in the Most Holy Place. Each one was fifteen feet tall. 24 Each had two wings, each wing was seven and one half feet long. The distance from one wing tip to the other was fifteen feet. 25 The other cherub was fifteen feet tall. 26 Both were the same size and shape. 27 They were placed side by side in the Most Holy Place. Their outstretched wings touched each other in the middle of the room, and the other two wings touched the walls. 28 The two cherubim were covered with gold.
29 The walls of the main room and of the inner room were all decorated with carved figures of cherubim, palm trees, and flowers. 30 Even the floor was covered with gold.
31 A double door made of olive wood was hung at the entrance of the Most Holy Place. There was a pointed arch on top of the doorway. 32 The doors were decorated with carved figures of cherubim, palm trees, and flowers. The doors, the cherubim, and the palm trees were covered with gold. 33 A rectangular doorframe of olive wood was made for the entrance to the main room. 34 There were two folding doors made of pine 35 and decorated with carved figures of cherubim, palm trees, and flowers, which were evenly covered with gold. 36 An inner court was built in front of the Temple. They enclosed it with walls that had one layer of cedar beams for every three layers of stone.
37 The foundation of the Temple was laid in the second month, the month of Ziv, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign. 38 In the eighth month, the month of Bul, in the eleventh year of Solomon's reign, the Temple was completely finished exactly as it had been planned. It took Solomon seven years to build it.