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33-34 The two doors to the main room of the temple were made out of pine, and each one had two sections[a] so they could fold open. The door frame was shaped like a rectangle and was made out of olive wood. 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.

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  1. 6.33,34 two sections: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.

34 He also made two doors out of juniper wood, each having two leaves that turned in sockets. 35 He carved cherubim, palm trees and open flowers on them and overlaid them with gold hammered evenly over the carvings.

36 And he built the inner courtyard(A) of three courses(B) of dressed stone and one course of trimmed cedar beams.

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