8. He also made the room of the holy of holies. Its length corresponded to the width of the house, twenty cubits, and its width was also twenty cubits. He overlaid it with fine gold to the amount of six hundred talents.
9. The weight of the nails was fifty gold shekels. The upper chambers he likewise overlaid with gold.
10. For the room of the holy of holies he made two cherubim of carved workmanship, which were then covered with gold.
11. The wings of the cherubim spanned twenty cubits: one wing of each cherub, five cubits in length, extended to a wall of the house, while the other wing, also five cubits in length, touched the corresponding wing of the other cherub.