5. He paneled the main hall with boards made from evergreen trees and plated it with fine gold, decorated with palm trees and chains.
6. He decorated the temple with precious stones; the gold he used came from Parvaim.
7. He overlaid the temple’s rafters, thresholds, walls and doors with gold; he carved decorative cherubim on the walls.
8. He made the most holy place; its length was 30 feet, corresponding to the width of the temple, and its width 30 feet. He plated it with 600 talents of fine gold.
9. The gold nails weighed 50 shekels; he also plated the upper areas with gold.