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 [a]house, that is, the Temple before it, was forty cubits long.

18 And the Cedar of the house within was carved with [b]knops, and graven with flowers: all was Cedar, so that no stone was seen.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 6:17 For when he spake of the house in the first verse, he meant both the Oracle, and the Temple.
  2. 1 Kings 6:18 Or, wild cucumbers.

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