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16 And he built twenty cubits on the end of the house, both the floor and the walls with boards of cedar; and he built an oracle in the house, which is the holy of holies.

17 And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits long.

18 And the cedar of the house within was carved with wild gourds and open flowers. All was cedar; no stone was seen.

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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.(A) 17 The main hall in front of this room was forty cubits[a] long. 18 The inside of the temple was cedar,(B) carved with gourds and open flowers. Everything was cedar; no stone was to be seen.

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Footnotes

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