13. I will live among the Israelites and never abandon my people.”
14. When Solomon had finished building the temple’s ⌊frame⌋,
15. he began to line the inside walls of the temple with cedar boards. He paneled the inside of the temple with wood from floor to ceiling. He covered the floor of the temple with cypress planks.
16. He sectioned off a 30-foot-long room at the rear of the temple with cedar boards from the floor to the rafters. He built it to serve as an inner room, the most holy place.
17. The 60-foot-long room at the front of the temple served as the main hall.
18. Gourds and flowers were carved into the cedar paneling inside the temple. Everything was ⌊covered with⌋ cedar. No stone could be seen.