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Fausset's Bible Dictionary

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(1 Kings 6:9; margin 1 Kings 6:15; 1 Kings 7:3; Jeremiah 22:14; 2 Chronicles 3:5; 2 Chronicles 3:9.) 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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Fausset, Andrew R. Entry for 'Ceilings'. Fausset's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​fbd/​c/ceilings.html. 1949.
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