1 Kings 6:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

So he built the house, and finished it; and covered the house with beams and boards of cedar. Covered the house with beams and boards of cedar - The Eastern custom is very different from ours: we ceil with plaster, and make our floors of wood; they make their floors of plaster or painted tiles, and make their ceilings of wood. But it may not be improper to observe that, in ancient times, our buildings were somewhat similar. Westminster Hall is a proof of this.