16 Then he lined thirty feet of the rear of the temple with cedar boards from the floor to the surface of the ceiling,[a] and he built the interior as an inner sanctuary, the most holy place.(A) 17 The temple, that is, the sanctuary in front of the most holy place,[b] was sixty feet[c] long. 18 The cedar paneling inside the temple was carved with ornamental gourds(B) and flower blossoms. Everything was cedar;(C) not a stone could be seen.

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Footnotes

  1. 6:16 LXX; MT omits of the ceiling; 1Kg 6:15
  2. 6:17 Lit front of me; Hb obscure
  3. 6:17 Lit 40 cubits

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