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16 He lined 20 cubits[a] of the rear part of the Temple from floor to ceiling with cedar boards specially constructed for the inside to serve as the Most Holy Place. 17 The rest of the main nave in the front was 40 cubits[b] long. 18 Cedar[c] carvings in the form of gourds and blooming flowers covered the entire interior of the Temple so that no stone could be seen.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 6:16 I.e. about 30 feet; a cubit was about eighteen inches
  2. 1 Kings 6:17 I.e. about 60 feet; a cubit was about eighteen inches
  3. 1 Kings 6:18 I.e. a genus of coniferous evergreen in the family Pinaceae; and so throughout the book