1 Kings 6:14-18

New International Version

¹⁴ So Solomon^(A) built the temple and completed^(B) it. ¹⁵ He lined its interior walls with cedar boards, paneling them from the floor of the temple to the ceiling,^(C) and covered the floor of the temple with planks of juniper.^{(D) 16} He partitioned off twenty cubits at the rear of the temple with cedar boards from floor to ceiling to form within the temple an inner sanctuary, the Most Holy Place.^{(E) 17} The main hall in front of this room was forty cubits^[a] long. ¹⁸ The inside of the temple was cedar,^(F) carved with gourds and open flowers. Everything was cedar; no stone was to be seen.