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. ¹  6:32 On the two doors made of olive wood he carved ²  cherubs, palm trees, and flowers in bloom, and he plated them with gold. ³  He plated the cherubs and the palm trees with hammered gold. ⁴ 

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¹ tn Heb “the pillar, doorposts, a fifth part” (the precise meaning of this description is uncertain).

² tn Heb “carved carvings of.”

³ tn Heb “he plated [with] gold” (the precise object is not stated).

⁴ tn Heb “and he hammered out the gold on the cherubs and the palm trees.”