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17 The rest of the main nave in the front was 40 cubits[a] long. 18 Cedar[b] carvings in the form of gourds and blooming flowers covered the entire interior of the Temple so that no stone could be seen.

19 Solomon[c] also prepared an inner sanctuary within the Temple where the Lord’s Ark of the Covenant was placed.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 6:17 I.e. about 60 feet; a cubit was about eighteen inches
  2. 1 Kings 6:18 I.e. a genus of coniferous evergreen in the family Pinaceae; and so throughout the book
  3. 1 Kings 6:19 Lit. He