beams: Song of Solomon 8:9; 2 Chronicles 2:8-9; Psalms 92:12; 1 Timothy 3:15-16; Hebrews 11:10; 1 Peter 2:4-5
rafters: or, galleries, Song of Solomon 7:5; Ezekiel 41:16, Ezekiel 42:3
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Song of Solomon 1:17
Song of Solomon 1:17
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