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He carved all the walls of the house around with carved figures of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers, inside and outside.
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Verse 29. And divers, and so forth Hebrew “and open (full-blown) flowers within and without” the sanctuary. We read also of chains of gold connected together. 2 Chronicles 3:5. The palm-trees might resemble pillars of the Corinthian order. Calmet.—It is clear that sacred pictures wer authorized to be set up in the temple, for God’s honour, ( Worthington.) though the Jews were so prone to idolatry. Bible.
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