1 Kings 6:32

The two doors alsowere] As there is nothing to make the noun here definite, it is better to understand the verb -he made." Render -so he madetwo doors of olive-wood."

and spread gold Better, and made necessary by the text, -and he spread the gold." Here a different process is described. The walls and floors were covered with flat plates of gold nailed on (see 2 Chronicles 3:9), but to cover the carved work the gold must be beaten to fit. The verb employed here gives the idea of pressure exerted to force the metal into the needful shapes.