1 Kings 6:17,18

The temple before it The part of the house which was before the most holy place. In the Hebrew the words are, before my face, that is, before the place where the divine glory appeared. Was forty cubits long Twice as long as the most holy place. The cedar of the house was carved Cedar is here named, not to exclude all other wood, but stone only, as the following words show. Carved with knops Or gourds, as it is 2 Kings 4:39, where the like word is translated gourds. And open flowers Imitations of the flowers of the gourd, spread and full blown. All was cedar, there was no stone seen That is, either all the house was covered with cedar, or all the carved work was of cedar.