Discovery Box1 Kings 6:31-33 
Context6:31 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 6:33 In the same way he made doorposts of olive wood for the entrance to the main hall, only with four-sided pillars. 5
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.”
5 tn Heb “and so he did at the entrance of the main hall, doorposts of olive wood, from a fourth.”
