1 Kings 6:23

6:23 In the inner sanctuary he made two cherubs of olive wood; each stood 15 feet ¹  high.

1 Kings 6:31-32

6:31 He made doors of olive wood at the entrance to the inner sanctuary; the pillar on each doorpost was five-sided. ²  6:32 On the two doors made of olive wood he carved ³  cherubs, palm trees, and flowers in bloom, and he plated them with gold. ⁴  He plated the cherubs and the palm trees with hammered gold. ⁵ 

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¹ tn Heb “ten cubits” (a cubit was a unit of measure roughly equivalent to 18 inches or 45 cm).

² tn Heb “the pillar, doorposts, a fifth part” (the precise meaning of this description is uncertain).

³ tn Heb “carved carvings of.”

⁴ tn Heb “he plated [with] gold” (the precise object is not stated).

⁵ tn Heb “and he hammered out the gold on the cherubs and the palm trees.”