1 Kings 6:4

1 Kings 6:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And for the house he made windows of narrow lights.
• New International Version (NIV)He made narrow windows high up in the temple walls.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And he made for the house windows with recessed frames.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And he made for the house windows with beveled frames.

Context of 1 Kings 6:4

2The temple that King Solomon built for the Lord was ninety feet long, thirty feet wide, and forty-five feet high. 3The portico in front of the temple sanctuary was thirty feet long extending across the temple’s width, and fifteen feet deep in front of the temple. He also made windows with beveled frames for the temple. 5He then built a chambered structure along the temple wall, encircling the walls of the temple, that is, the sanctuary and the inner sanctuary. And he made side chambers all around. 6The lowest chamber was 7½ feet wide, the middle was 9 feet wide, and the third was 10½ feet wide. He also provided offset ledges for the temple all around the outside so that nothing would be inserted into the temple walls.

1 Kings 6:4 word by word

וַיַּ֣עַשׂ לַבָּ֔יִת חַלּוֹנֵ֖י שְׁקֻפִ֥ים אֲטֻמִֽים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And for the houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• he madeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• windowsחַלּוֹןchallôn · windowH2474
• of narrowאָטַם'âţam · shutH331
• lightsשָׁקוּףshâqûph · frameH8261

Cross-references for 1 Kings 6:4

• Ezekiel 40:16The recesses and their jambs had beveled windows all around the inside of the gate. The porticoes also had windows all around on the inside. Each jamb was decorated with palm trees.
• Ezekiel 41:26There were beveled windows and palm trees on both sides, on the side walls of the portico, the side rooms of the temple, and the canopies.

Commentaries on 1 Kings 6:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4Windows of narrow lights - The Vulgate says, fenestras obliquas, oblique windows; but what sort of windows could such be? The Hebrew is אטמים שקפים חלוני challoney shekuphim atumim, windows to look through, which shut. Probably latticed windows: windows through which a person within could see well; but a person without, nothing. Windows, says the Targum, which were open within and shut without. Does he mean windows with shutters; or, are we to understand…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4Windows of narrow lights - Either (as in the margin) windows, externally mere slits in the wall, but opening wide within, like the windows of old castles: or, more probably, “windows with fixed lattices.” The windows seem to have been placed high in the walls, above the chambers spoken of in 1 Kings 6:5-8.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-4Unlike the tabernacle, the temple had an entry room (or porch) on the east side and two freestanding pillars in front of the entrance (1 Kings 7:15–22).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. windows of narrow lights--that is, windows with lattices, capable of being shut and opened at pleasure, partly to let out the vapor of the lamps, the smoke of the frankincense, and partly to give light [Keil]. 1Ki 6:5-10. The Chambers Thereof.Read the comment

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Commentaries on 1 Kings 6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings