Bible verse
For the entrance to the inner sanctuary, Solomon constructed doors of olive wood with five-sided doorposts.
1 Kings 6:31 · BSB
The verses around it, from 1 Kings 6.
27 And he placed the cherubim inside the innermost room of the temple. Since their wings were spread out, the wing of the first cherub touched one wall, while the wing of the second cherub touched the other wall, and in the middle of the room their wingtips touched.
28 He also overlaid the cherubim with gold.
29 Then he carved the walls all around the temple, in both the inner and outer sanctuaries, with carved engravings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers.
30 And he overlaid the temple floor with gold in both the inner and outer sanctuaries.
31 For the entrance to the inner sanctuary, Solomon constructed doors of olive wood with five-sided doorposts.
32 The double doors were made of olive wood, and he carved into them cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers and overlaid the cherubim and palm trees with hammered gold.
33 In the same way he made four-sided doorposts of olive wood for the sanctuary entrance.
34 The two doors were made of cypress wood, and each had two folding panels.
35 He carved into them cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers; and he overlaid them with gold, hammered evenly over the carvings.
KJV
And for the entering of the oracle he made doors [of] olive tree: the lintel [and] side posts [were] a fifth part [of the wall].
ASV
And for the entrance of the oracle he made doors of olive-wood: the lintel and door-posts were a fifth part of the wall.
ERV
And for the entering of the oracle he made doors of olive wood: the lintel and door posts were a fifth part of the wall.
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