According to the author of the book, this verse describes how special decorations, like angels, lions, and palm trees, were carved onto the sides of the big pieces in the great building, all done carefully to look just right. It's like making a fancy art project with beautiful pictures to make the place look amazing.
1 Kings 7:36: For on the plates of the ledges thereof, and on the borders thereof, he graved cherubims, lions, and palm trees, according to the proportion of every one, and additions round about. [proportion: Heb. nakedness]
This verse prohibits the making of any graven images or likenesses, which contradicts the carvings and engravings described in 1 Kings 7:36.
Exodus 20:4: Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness [of any thing] that [is] in heaven above, or that [is] in the earth beneath, or that [is] in the water under the earth: