had wood paneling on all the walls. All the windows and doors had wood trim around them. By the doorway, the Temple had wood paneling from the floor up to the windows, up to the part of the wall
The stone walls inside the temple were covered with cedar boards. The cedar boards went from the floor to the ceiling. The stone floor was covered with pine boards.
Solomon put panels made of cypress wood on the walls of the larger room. Then he put pure gold over the cypress panels. And he put pictures of palm trees and chains on the pure gold.
There were small windows {\cf2\super [326]} above all the guard rooms, the side walls, and the porch. The wide part of the windows faced into the gateway. There were carvings of palm trees on the walls that were on either side of the gateway.
The gateway and its porch had windows all around like the other gates. The gateway was 50 cubits {\cf2\super [331]} long and 25 cubits {\cf2\super [332]} wide.
The man measured the length of the building in the restricted area at the rear of the temple. It was 100 cubits {\cf2\super [382]} from one wall to the other wall.
The building was three stories tall and had balconies. The 20-cubit {\cf2\super [388]} inner courtyard was between the building and the Temple. On the other side, the rooms faced the pavement of the outer courtyard.
“You people think the right time has come for you to live in nice houses. You live in houses with beautiful wooden panelling on the walls. But the Lord’s house is still in ruins!
It is the same with us. Now we see like we are looking into a dark mirror. But at that time, in the future, we shall see clearly. Now I know only a part. But at that time I will know fully, like God has known me.