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Ceiling

Easton's Bible Dictionary

The covering (1 Kgs 7:3, 7) of the inside roof and walls of a house with planks of wood (2 Chr 3:5; Jer 22:14). Ceilings were sometimes adorned with various ornaments in stucco, gold, silver, gems, and ivory. The ceilings of the temple and of Solomon’s palace are described 1 Kgs 6:9, 15; 7:3; 2 Chr 3:5, 9.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

Loft

In 1 Kgs 17:23, changed in the Revised Version (British and American) to "chamber."

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