Upon all the walls of the Jerusalem temple, within and without, and also upon the doors, were carved cherubs and palms Kings vi 29, 32.

Similarly in the NEW TEMPLE, concerning which [see] Ezek. xli 18-20. By 'cherubs' the Word is signified (n. 239), and by 'palms' the Divine Truths of the Word there. That by 'palms' Divine Truths of the Word are signified, and by palms in the hands 'confessions derived therefrom, can be established from the fact that it was commanded that:-

At the feast of tabernacles they should take fruits of the tree of honour, and the broad leaves of palms, and rejoice before Jehovah Lev. xxiii 39, 40.

When Jesus went to Jerusalem to the feast, they took boughs (termites) of palms, and went to meet Him, crying, Blessed is He Who comes in the Name of the Lord John xii 12, 13;

by which there was signified a confession out of Divine truths concerning the Lord. 'Palm' also signifies Divine Truth in David:-

The just shall flourish like the palm, he that is planted in the house of Jehovah shall grow, he shall sprout forth in the courts of our God Ps. xcii 12, 13 [H.B. 13, 14].

In like manner elsewhere. Because Jericho was a city near the Jordan, and by the river Jordan was signified what is first in the Church, and this is Divine Truth such as is in the sense of the letter of the Word, therefore that city was called 'the city of palms' (Deut. xxxiv 3; Judg. i, 16; iii 13); for the Jordan was the first boundary or entrance into the land of Canaan, and by the land of Canaan is signified the Church.