Fir Tree
Fir shows up where beauty and worship meet. The floor of the temple’s inner house was covered with “planks of fir,” and the two doors were “of fir tree,” each with folding leaves. In 2 Samuel 6, David and all Israel play “before the LORD on all manner of instruments made of fir wood.” The text does not say why fir was chosen, only that it was used for places and instruments of worship. Start at 1 Kings 6:15 and then read 2 Samuel 6:5.
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2 Samuel
And David and all the house of Israel played before the LORD on all manner of instruments made of fir wood, even on harps, and on psalteries, and on timbrels, and on cornets, and on cymbals.
1 Kings
And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar, both the floor of the house, and the walls of the cieling: and he covered them on the inside with wood, and covered the floor of the house with planks of fir.
And the two doors were of fir tree: the two leaves of the one door were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding.