35 He carved cherubim and palm tree images and budding flowers and overlaid them with gold evenly applied on the carved work.
36 Then he built the inner courtyard with three rows of dressed stone and a row of cedar beams.
37 In the fourth year, the house of Yahweh was founded in the month of Ziv.
38 In the eleventh year in the month of Bul, that is, the eighth month, the house was finished according to all his specifications and according to all his plans. He had built it in seven years.