Gourds and flowers were carved into the cedar paneling inside the temple. Everything was ⌞covered with⌟ cedar. No stone could be seen.
The 60-foot-long room at the front of the temple served as the main hall.
He prepared the inner room of the temple in order to put the ark of the Lord’s promise there.
Under the rim were two rows of gourds all around the 45-foot circumference of the pool. They were cast in metal when the pool was cast.
They smashed all its carved paneling with axes and hatchets.