Reference: Ceilings
Fausets
(1Ki 6:9; margin 1Ki 6:15; 7:3; Jer 22:14; 2Ch 3:5,9.) Cedar planks were applied to the beams crossing from wall to wall, with sunk panels edged with gold and carved or painted in patterns. The vermilion painting of the ceiling in Jehoiakim's palace was probably borrowed from Egypt.
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And he built the house, and finished it; and covered the house with beams and boards of cedar.
And he built the house, and finished it; and covered the house with beams and boards of cedar.
And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar, from the floor of the house to the walls of the roof; he overlaid them on the inside with wood, and overlaid the floor of the house with boards of cypress.
And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar, from the floor of the house to the walls of the roof; he overlaid them on the inside with wood, and overlaid the floor of the house with boards of cypress.
and it was covered with cedar above upon the side-chambers, which were on forty-five pillars, fifteen in a row.
and it was covered with cedar above upon the side-chambers, which were on forty-five pillars, fifteen in a row.
that saith, I will build me a wide house, and spacious upper chambers; and he cutteth out for himself windows; and it is wainscoted with cedar, and painted with vermilion.
that saith, I will build me a wide house, and spacious upper chambers; and he cutteth out for himself windows; and it is wainscoted with cedar, and painted with vermilion.