1 Kings 6:29
He carved all the walls of the house around with carved figures of cherubim and palm trees and open flowers, inside and outside.
New Heart English Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
28He overlaid the cherubim with gold.
30The floor of the house he overlaid with gold, inside and outside.
Cross References
Exodus 36:8All the wise-hearted men among those who did the work made the tabernacle with ten curtains; of fine twined linen, blue, purple, and scarlet, with cherubim, the work of the skillful workman, they made them.
1 Kings 6:32So 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.
2 Chronicles 4:2Also he made the molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass; and its height was five cubits; and a line of thirty cubits encircled it.
Psalms 103:20Praise the Lord, you angels of his,who are mighty in strength, who fulfill his word,obeying the voice of his word.
Ezekiel 40:16There were closed windows to the lodges, and to their posts within the gate all around, and likewise to the arches; and windows were around inward; and on each post were palm trees.
Ephesians 3:10to the intent that now through the church the manifold wisdom of God might be made known to the principalities and the powers in the heavenly places,
Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 6:16-38
15 And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar, both the floor of the house, and the walls of the ceiling: and he covered them on the inside with wood, and covered the floor of the house with planks of fir. 16 And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house, both the floor and the walls with boards of cedar: he even built them for it within, even for the oracle, even for the most holy place. 17 And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits long. 18 And the cedar of the… Read the whole commentary →