15 And built the walls of the house within, with boards of Cedar tree from the pavement of the house unto [a]the walls of the ceiling, and within he covered them with wood, and covered the floor of the house with planks of fir.

16 And he built twenty cubits in the sides of the house with boards of Cedar, from the floor to the walls, and he prepared a place within it for the oracle, even the most holy place.

17 But the [b]house, that is, the Temple before it, was forty cubits long.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 6:15 Meaning, unto the roof which was also ceiled.
  2. 1 Kings 6:17 For when he spake of the house in the first verse, he meant both the Oracle, and the Temple.

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