Holy Scripture
1 Kings 6:29
A church father on this verse
“Here it is indicated that there were four symbols of cherubim, palm trees, narcissus and lilies, which we said represent the saints praying in the temple and contemplating divine things. And these same saints were foreshadowed with a similar sense by Moses, even though he used different symbols, when he distributed th…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
29He graved all the walls of the house round about with the graving of cherubs, and he sculptured palm trees within and without the house.
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In context
27And both the cherubs were in the midst of the innermost part of the house; and they spread out their wings, and one wing touched the wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall; and their wings in the midst of the house touched each other.
28And he covered the cherubs with gold.
— 1 Kings 6:29 —
30And he covered the floor of the house within and without with gold.
31And for the doorway of the oracle he made doors of juniper wood, there were porches in a fourfold way.