And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar, both the floor of the house, and the walls of the cieling: and he covered them on the inside with wood, and covered the floor of the house with planks of fir.
He built the walls of the house within. It is probable that the walls were only wainscoted with cedar wood, the floor paved with cypress planks (see 'Nineveh and its Remains,' 2:, p. 264, note; also Wikinson's 'Ancient Egyptians,' 2:, p. 125); the interior was divided by a partition, consisting of folding doors, which were opened and shut with golden chains, into two apartments: the back, or inner room, i:e., the most holy place, was 20 cubits long and broad; the front, or outer room, i:e., the holy place, was forty cubits. The cedar wood was beautifully embellished with figures in relievo, representing clusters of foliage and open flowers, cherubim, and palm trees; and the whole interior was overlaid with gold, so that neither wood nor stone was seen; nothing met the eye but gold, either plain or richly chased.