2 Chronicles 3 · a question people ask
Was there a veil, or doors?
Each book tells what it tells. 1 Kings 6 has no veil. It has "chains of gold across before the inner sanctuary" (1 Kings 6:21) and, "For the entrance of the inner sanctuary", "doors of olive wood" (1 Kings 6:31). 2 Chronicles has the veil, "He made the veil of blue, purple, crimson, and fine linen, and ornamented it with cherubim" (3:14), and in the next chapter it has doors too: "its inner doors for the most holy place" (2 Chronicles 4:22). Neither book says where a veil hung beside the doors, and this answer doesn't try to fit them together.
The verses
“So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold. He drew chains of gold across before the inner sanctuary, and he overlaid it with gold.”
“For the entrance of the inner sanctuary, he made doors of olive wood. The lintel and door posts were a fifth part of the wall.”
“He made the veil of blue, purple, crimson, and fine linen, and ornamented it with cherubim.”
“and the snuffers, the basins, the spoons, and the fire pans of pure gold. As for the entry of the house, its inner doors for the most holy place and the doors of the main hall of the temple were of gold.”