35 He carved cherubs, palm trees, and flowers in bloom and plated them with gold, leveled out over the carvings.
36 He built the inner courtyard with three rows of chiseled stones and a row of cedar beams.
37 In the month Ziv of the fourth year of Solomon’s reign the foundation was laid for the Lord’s temple.
38 In the eleventh year, in the month Bul (the eighth month) the temple was completed in accordance with all its specifications and blueprints. It took seven years to build.