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This was much used in the Temple. "He carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubim, and palm-trees, and open flowers." They were then overlaid with gold. 1 Kings 6: 18, 29-35. The Psalmist prophetically laments its being broken down by the enemy with axes and hammers. Ps. 74: 6. For the 'carved images' of idolatry, Judges 18: 18; 2 Chr. 33: 7, 22; 2 Chr. 34: 3, 4, another word is used, which is elsewhere translated 'graven image.'