But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers.

And {there were} narrow windows to the little chambers, and to their posts within the gate round about, and likewise to the arches: and windows {were} round about inward: and upon {each} post {were} palm trees. {narrow: Heb. closed} {arches: or, galleries, or, porches} {inward: or, within}

For on the plates of the ledges thereof, and on the borders thereof, he graved cherubims, lions, and palm trees, according to the proportion of every one, and additions round about. {proportion: Heb. nakedness}

And the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, {made he of} gold, {and} that perfect gold; {perfect...: Heb. perfections of gold}

And it {was} an hand breadth thick, and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies: it contained two thousand baths.

And their windows, and their arches, and their palm trees, {were} after the measure of the gate that looketh toward the east; and they went up unto it by seven steps; and the arches thereof {were} before them.

And {it was} made with cherubims and palm trees, so that a palm tree {was} between a cherub and a cherub; and {every} cherub had two faces;