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Commentary for I Kings 6:16

וַיִּבֶן֩ אֶת־עֶשְׂרִ֨ים אַמָּ֜ה מירכותי [מִֽיַּרְכְּתֵ֤י] הַבַּ֙יִת֙ בְּצַלְע֣וֹת אֲרָזִ֔ים מִן־הַקַּרְקַ֖ע עַד־הַקִּיר֑וֹת וַיִּ֤בֶן לוֹ֙ מִבַּ֣יִת לִדְבִ֔יר לְקֹ֖דֶשׁ הַקֳּדָשִֽׁים׃

And he built twenty cubits on the hinder part of the house with boards of cedar from the floor unto the joists; he even built them for himself within, for a Sanctuary, even for the most holy place.

Rashi on I Kings

The twenty amohs at the end of the Beis Hamikdosh. The twenty [amohs] which were at the end of the Sanctuary and beyond, and the twenty [amohs] which were at the end of the building, they are the house containing the Ark cover (i.e., the Holy of Holies).
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Rashi on I Kings

To the ceiling. He made the walls of cedar until the ceiling to cover the walls of stone in order to coat it with gold.
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He built it. Those twenty amohs.
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