the Lord appeared to Solomon a second time, in the same way he had appeared to him at Gibeon.

One night in Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream. God said, “Tell me what I should give you.”

The inside of the temple was all cedar and was adorned with carvings of round ornaments and of flowers in bloom. Everything was cedar; no stones were visible.

With the timber the king made supports for the Lord’s temple and for the royal palace and stringed instruments for the musicians. No one has seen so much of this fine timber to this very day.)