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17 The main hall in front of the inner sanctuary was 60 feet long.[a] 18 The inside of the temple was all cedar and was adorned with carvings of round ornaments and of flowers in bloom. Everything was cedar; no stones were visible.[b]

19 He prepared the inner sanctuary inside the temple so that the ark of the covenant of the Lord could be placed there.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 6:17 tn Heb “and the house was 40 cubits, that is, the main hall before it.”
  2. 1 Kings 6:18 tn Heb “Cedar was inside the temple, carvings of gourds (i.e., gourd-shaped ornaments) and opened flowers; the whole was cedar, no stone was seen.”