A moment in scripture
1 Kings 6:31
And for the entering of the oracle he made doors of olive tree: the lintel and side posts were a fifth part of the wall.
The surrounding passage
- 1 Kings 6:29
And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, within and without.
- 1 Kings 6:30
And the floor of the house he overlaid with gold, within and without.
- 1 Kings 6:32
The two doors also were of olive tree; and he carved upon them carvings of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold, and spread gold upon the cherubims, and upon the palm trees.
- 1 Kings 6:33
So also made he for the door of the temple posts of olive tree, a fourth part of the wall.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.