1 Kings 6:35-37

Contemporary English Version

³⁵ The doors were covered with gold and were decorated with carvings of palm trees, flowers, and winged creatures.

³⁶ The inner courtyard of the temple had walls made out of three layers of cut stones with one layer of cedar beams.

³⁷ Work began on the temple during Ziv,^[a] the second month of the year, four years after Solomon became king of Israel.