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15 He lined the walls of the inside of the house[a] with boards of cedar; from the floor of the temple[b] up to the rafters of the ceiling he covered them with wood on the inside.[c] He also covered the floor of the temple[d] with cypress boards. 16 He built twenty cubits from the rear of the house with boards of cedar from the floor up to the ceiling, and he built for it an inner sanctuary on the inside, as the most holy place.[e] 17 The main hall of the temple[f] was forty cubits in front of the inner sanctuary,[g]

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  1. 1 Kings 6:15 Literally “the house from house”
  2. 1 Kings 6:15 Or “house”
  3. 1 Kings 6:15 Literally “from house”
  4. 1 Kings 6:15 Or “house”
  5. 1 Kings 6:16 Literally “as the holy place of the holy places.” Often referred to as the Holy of Holies
  6. 1 Kings 6:17 Or “house”
  7. 1 Kings 6:17 So LXX supported by the Vulgate. MT has “before me”

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