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33 In the same way he made doorposts of olive wood for the entrance to the main hall, only with four-sided pillars.[a] 34 He also made[b] two doors out of wood from evergreens; each door had two folding leaves.[c] 35 He carved cherubim, palm trees, and flowers in bloom and plated them with gold, leveled out over the carvings.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 6:33 tn Heb “and so he did at the entrance of the main hall, doorposts of olive wood, from a fourth.”
  2. 1 Kings 6:34 tn The words “he also made” are added for stylistic reasons.
  3. 1 Kings 6:34 tc Heb “two of the leaves of the first door were folding, and two of the leaves of the second door were folding.” In the second half of the description, the MT has קְלָעִים (qelaʿim, “curtains”), but this probably should be emended to צְלָעִים (tselaʿim, “leaves”), which appears in the first half of the statement. One Hebrew ms, the LXX, Syriac, and Vulgate support צְלָעִים (tselaʿim, “leaves”).