English Standard Version
1 Kings 7:5
5All the doorways and windows had square frames, and window was opposite window in three tiers.
1 Kings 7:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And all the doors and posts were square, with the windows: and light was against light in three ranks.
- New International Version (NIV)All the doorways had rectangular frames; they were in the front part in sets of three, facing each other.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And all the doorways and doorposts had rectangular frames; and window was opposite window in three tiers.
- New Living Translation (NLT)All the doorways and doorposts had rectangular frames and were arranged in sets of three, facing each other.
Context of 1 Kings 7:5
3And it was covered with cedar above the chambers that were on the forty-five pillars, fifteen in each row. 4There were window frames in three rows, and window opposite window in three tiers. All the doorways and windows had square frames, and window was opposite window in three tiers. 6And he made the Hall of Pillars; its length was fifty cubits, and its breadth thirty cubits. There was a porch in front with pillars, and a canopy in front of them. 7And he made the Hall of the Throne where he was to pronounce judgment, even the Hall of Judgment. It was finished with cedar from floor to rafters.
Read all of 1 Kings 71 Kings 7:5 word by word
וְכָל־הַפְּתָחִ֥ים וְהַמְּזוּז֖וֹת רְבֻעִ֣ים שָׁ֑קֶף וּמ֧וּל מֶחֱזָ֛ה אֶל־מֶחֱזָ֖ה שָׁלֹ֥שׁ פְּעָמִֽים׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And all the doorsפֶּ֫תַחpethach · entranceH6607
- and postsמְזוּזָהmezûzâh mezûzâh · doorpostH4201
- squareרָבַעrâba‛ · to squareH7251
- with the windowsשֶׁ֫קֶףsheqeph · frameH8260
- and lightמֶחֱזָהmechĕzâh · windowH4237
- againstמוּלmûl môl mô'l mûl · oppositeH4136
- threeשָׁלֹשׁshâlôsh shâlôsh shelôshâh shelôshâh · threeH7969
- ranksפַּ֫עַםpa‛am pa‛ămâh · beatH6471
Commentaries on 1 Kings 7:5
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5All the doors and posts - The doorways, and the posts which formed them, seem to be intended. These were square at top, not arched or rounded. In Assyrian buildings arched doorways were not uncommon. The doorways also, like the windows, exactly faced one another.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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