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16 He sectioned off a 30-foot-long room at the rear of the temple with cedar boards from the floor to the rafters. He built it to serve as an inner room, the most holy place. 17 The 60-foot-long room at the front of the temple served as the main hall. 18 Gourds and flowers were carved into the cedar paneling inside the temple. Everything was covered with cedar. No stone could be 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