1 Kings 6:29

DESCRIPTION OF OTHER TEMPLE DECORATIONS

"And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubim and palm-trees and open flowers, within and without. And the floor of the house he overlaid with gold, within and without. And for the entrance of the oracle he made doors of olive-wood: the lintel and the door-posts were a fifth part of the wall. So he made two doors of olivewood; and he carved upon them carvings of cherubim and palm-trees and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold; and he spread the gold upon the cherubim and upon the palm-trees. So also made he for the entrance of the temple door-posts of olive-wood out of a fourth part of the wall; and two doors of fir-wood: the two leaves of the one door were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding. And he carved thereon cherubim and palm-trees and open flowers; and he overlaid them with gold fitted upon the graven work. And he built the inner court of three courses of hewn stone, and a course of cedar beams."

Where was the veil which God had ordained to screen off the Holy of Holies? Apparently, Solomon left it out! Of course, that was specifically the part of the Tabernacle that typified Jesus Christ our Lord; and true to the genius of every innovator Solomon managed to get rid of it (at least, as is indicated here). When the Temple was rebuilt, in the times after the captivity, the Veil was again included, as it most certainly should have been here (Matthew 27:51).