1 Kings 6:15

6:15 He constructed the walls inside the temple with cedar planks; he paneled the inside with wood from the floor of the temple to the rafters ¹  of the ceiling. He covered the temple floor with boards made from the wood of evergreens.

1 Kings 6:18

6:18 The inside of the temple was all cedar and was adorned with carvings of round ornaments and of flowers in bloom. Everything was cedar; no stones were visible. ² 

1 Kings 6:21-22

6:21 Solomon plated the inside of the temple with gold. ³  He hung golden chains in front of the inner sanctuary and plated the inner sanctuary ⁴  with gold. 6:22 He plated the entire inside of the temple with gold, as well as the altar inside the inner sanctuary. ⁵ 

1 Kings 6:29

6:29 On all the walls around the temple, inside and out, ⁶  he carved ⁷  cherubs, palm trees, and flowers in bloom.

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¹ tc The MT reads קִירוֹת (qirot, “walls”), but this should be emended to קוֹרוֹת (qorot, “rafters”). See BDB 900 s.v. קוֹרָה.

² tn Heb “Cedar was inside the temple, carvings of gourds (i.e., gourd-shaped ornaments) and opened flowers; the whole was cedar, no stone was seen.”

³ tn Heb “with plated gold” (or perhaps, “with pure gold”).

⁴ tn Heb “it.”

⁵ tn Heb “all the temple he plated with gold until all the temple was finished; and the whole altar which was in the inner sanctuary he plated with gold.”

⁶ sn Inside and out probably refers to the inner and outer rooms within the building.

⁷ tn Heb “carved engravings of carvings.”