1 KINGS 6

SOLOMON BEGINS CONSTRUCTING THE TEMPLE

By the fourth year of Solomon’s reign, 480 years had passed since the Israelites escaped Egypt.

Solomon spends seven years building the temple, taking time to add beautiful details. It is designed with an abundance of gold and cypress and cedar wood made with intricate carvings of palm trees, flowers, and cherubim.

Solomon makes two cherubim, gigantic angel-like figures, from olivewood. He places them in the innermost part of the temple, serving as guards in front of the curtain that separated the ark of the covenant in the holy of holies.