15 he paneled the interior temple walls with cedar boards; from the temple floor to the surface of the ceiling he overlaid the interior with wood. He also overlaid the floor with cypress boards.(A) 16 Then he lined 30 feet[a] of the rear of the temple with cedar boards from the floor to the surface of the ceiling,[b] and he built the interior as an inner sanctuary, the most holy place.(B) 17 The temple, that is, the sanctuary in front of the most holy place,[c] was 60 feet[d] long.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 6:16 Lit 20 cubits
  2. 1 Kings 6:16 LXX; MT omits of the ceiling; 1Kg 6:15
  3. 1 Kings 6:17 Lit front of me; Hb obscure
  4. 1 Kings 6:17 Lit 40 cubits

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