16 (A)He built twenty cubits on the rear part of the house with boards of cedar from the floor to the [a]ceiling; he built them for it on the inside as an inner sanctuary, even as (B)the most holy place. 17 The house, that is, the nave in front of the inner sanctuary, was forty [b]cubits long. 18 There was cedar on the house within, carved in the shape of (C)gourds and open flowers; all was cedar, there was no stone seen.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 6:16 Lit walls
  2. 1 Kings 6:17 I.e. One cubit equals approx 18 in.