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The Inside of the Temple Is Furnished

(2 Chronicles 3.8-14)

15 The floor of the temple was made out of pine, and the walls were lined with cedar from floor to ceiling.[a]

16 (A) The most holy place was in the back of the temple, and it was nine meters square. Cedar boards standing from floor to ceiling[b] separated it from the rest of the temple. 17 The temple's main room was 18 meters long, and it was in front of the most holy place.

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  1. 6.15 from floor to ceiling: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
  2. 6.16 standing … ceiling: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.

15 He lined its interior walls with cedar boards, paneling them from the floor of the temple to the ceiling,(A) and covered the floor of the temple with planks of juniper.(B) 16 He partitioned off twenty cubits at the rear of the temple with cedar boards from floor to ceiling to form within the temple an inner sanctuary, the Most Holy Place.(C) 17 The main hall in front of this room was forty cubits[a] long.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 6:17 That is, about 60 feet or about 18 meters