¹⁷ The ·main room [main hall; nave], the one in front of ·the Most Holy Place [^Lit], was ·sixty feet [^Lforty cubits] long. ¹⁸ Everything inside the ·Temple [^Lhouse] was covered with cedar, which was carved with pictures of flowers and ·plants [open flowers]. A person could not see the stones of the wall, only the cedar.

¹⁹ Solomon prepared the inner ·room [sanctuary] ·at the back of [within] the ·Temple [^Lhouse] to keep the Ark of the ·Agreement [Treaty; Covenant; Ex. 25:10] with the Lord.