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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He finished building the temple and covered it with rafters and boards made of cedar.
He finished building the temple and covered it with rafters and boards made of cedar.
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 of the ceiling. He covered the temple floor with boards made from the wood of evergreens.
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 of the ceiling. He covered the temple floor with boards made from the wood of evergreens.
The roof above the beams supported by the pillars was also made of cedar; there were forty-five beams, fifteen per row.
The roof above the beams supported by the pillars was also made of cedar; there were forty-five beams, fifteen per row.
He says, "I will build myself a large palace with spacious upper rooms." He cuts windows in its walls, panels it with cedar, and paints its rooms red.
He says, "I will build myself a large palace with spacious upper rooms." He cuts windows in its walls, panels it with cedar, and paints its rooms red.