Christian Standard Bible
1 Kings 7:4
4There were three rows of window frames, facing each other in three tiers.
1 Kings 7:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And there were windows in three rows, and light was against light in three ranks.
- New International Version (NIV)Its windows were placed high in sets of three, facing each other.
- English Standard Version (ESV)There were window frames in three rows, and window opposite window in three tiers.
- New King James Version (NKJV)There were windows with beveled frames in three rows, and window was opposite window in three tiers.
Context of 1 Kings 7:4
2He built the House of the Forest of Lebanon. It was one hundred fifty feet long, seventy-five feet wide, and forty-five feet high on four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams on top of the pillars. 3It was paneled above with cedar at the top of the chambers that rested on forty-five pillars, fifteen per row. There were three rows of window frames, facing each other in three tiers. 5All the doors and doorposts had rectangular frames, the openings facing each other in three tiers. 6He made the hall of pillars seventy-five feet long and forty-five feet wide. A portico was in front of the pillars, and a canopy with pillars was in front of them.
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וּשְׁקֻפִ֖ים שְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה טוּרִ֑ים וּמֶחֱזָ֥ה אֶל־מֶחֱזָ֖ה שָׁלֹ֥שׁ פְּעָמִֽים׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for 1 Kings 7:4
- 1 Kings 6:5He 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.
- 1 Kings 6:4He also made windows with beveled frames for the temple.
- Isaiah 54:12I will make your fortifications out of rubies, your gates out of sparkling stones, and all your walls out of precious stones.
- 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 7:4
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4Either three ranges of windows, one above the other, on either side of the house; or perhaps the three ranges were one in either side wall, and the third in a wall down the middle of the hall, along the course of the midmost row of pillars. The windows were directly opposite one another, giving what we call a through light.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-5The House of the Forest of Lebanon got its name because it used a lot of cedar wood. It held 300 gold shields (1 Kings 10:16–17) and likely served as both a treasury and an armory (see 1 Kings 12:25–28; Isaiah 22:8). The Egyptian pharaoh Shishak later took the shields as loot (1 Kings 14:27).Read the comment
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Commentaries on 1 Kings 7
- 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
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