15 He (A)built the walls of the house on the inside with boards of cedar; from the floor of the house to the [a]ceiling he paneled the walls on the inside with wood, and he paneled the floor of the house with boards of juniper. 16 (B)He also built [b]twenty cubits on the rear part of the house with boards of cedar from the floor to the [c]ceiling; he built them for it on the inside as an inner sanctuary, as (C)the Most Holy Place. 17 The house, that is, the main room in front of the inner sanctuary, was [d]forty cubits long.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 6:15 Lit walls of the ceiling
  2. 1 Kings 6:16 About 30 ft. or 9 m
  3. 1 Kings 6:16 Lit walls
  4. 1 Kings 6:17 About 60 ft. or 18 m

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