1 Kings 6:35
33 So also made he for the door of the temple posts of olive tree, a fourth part of the wall.
34 And the two doors were of fir tree: the two leaves of the one door were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding.
And he carved thereon cherubims and palm trees and open flowers: and covered them with gold fitted upon the carved work.
36 And he built the inner court with three rows of hewed stone, and a row of cedar beams.
37 In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the LORD laid, in the month Zif:
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- He carved into them cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers; and he overlaid them with gold, hammered evenly over the carvings.
- KJV
- And he carved thereon cherubims and palm trees and open flowers: and covered them with gold fitted upon the carved work.
- WEB
- He carved cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers; and he overlaid them with gold fitted on the engraved work.
- ASV
- And he carved [thereon] cherubim and palm-trees and open flowers; and he overlaid them with gold fitted upon the graven work.
- DARBY
- And he carved on them cherubim, and palm-trees, and half-open flowers; and overlaid them with gold fitted on the carved work.
- BLB
- And he carved cherubim and palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid [them] with gold applied evenly on the carved work.
- ÅB
- Og han prydet dem med utskjæringer: kjeruber og palmer og utsprungne blomster, og han kledde dem med gull som ble lagt jevnt utover utskjæringene.
- OTB
- Han skar kjeruber, palmetrær og åpne blomster på dem, og kledde dem med gull jevnt påført på det utskårne arbeidet.
- B1930
- Og han prydet dem med utskjæringer: kjeruber og palmer og utsprungne blomster, og han klædde dem med gull som blev lagt jevnt utover utskjæringene.