1 Kings 6:18

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The cedar within the house was carved in the form of gourds and open flowers; all was cedar, no stone was seen.

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The house, that is, the nave in front of the inner sanctuary, was forty cubits long.

The inner sanctuary he prepared in the innermost part of the house, to set there the ark of the covenant of the Lord.

Under its brim were gourds, for thirty cubits, compassing the sea round about; the gourds were in two rows, cast with it when it was cast.

And then all its carved wood they broke down with hatchets and hammers.