1 Kings 7:4

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 named it “The Palace of the Lebanon Forest”; it was 150 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high. It had four rows of cedar pillars and cedar beams above the pillars. 3The roof above the beams supported by the pillars was also made of cedar; there were forty-five beams, fifteen per row. There were three rows of windows arranged in sets of three. 5All of the entrances were rectangular in shape and they were arranged in sets of three. 6He made a colonnade 75 feet long and 45 feet wide. There was a porch in front of this and pillars and a roof in front of the porch.

1 Kings 7:4 word by word

וּשְׁקֻפִ֖ים שְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה טוּרִ֑ים וּמֶחֱזָ֥ה אֶל־מֶחֱזָ֖ה שָׁלֹ֥שׁ פְּעָמִֽים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• windowsשָׁקוּףshâqûph · frameH8261
• threeשָׁלֹשׁshâlôsh shâlôsh shelôshâh shelôshâh · threeH7969
• rowsטוּרţûr · rowH2905
• and lightמֶחֱזָהmechĕzâh · windowH4237
• ranksפַּ֫עַםpa‛am pa‛ămâh · beatH6471

Cross-references for 1 Kings 7:4

• 1 Kings 6:5He built an extension all around the walls of the temple’s main hall and holy place and constructed side rooms in it.
• 1 Kings 6:4He made framed windows for the temple.
• Isaiah 54:12I will make your pinnacles out of gems, your gates out of beryl, and your outer wall out of beautiful stones.
• Ezekiel 40:16There were closed windows toward the alcoves and toward their jambs within the gate all around, and likewise for the porches. There were windows all around the inside, and on each jamb were decorative palm trees.
• Ezekiel 41:26There were narrow windows and decorative palm trees on either side of the side walls of the porch; this is what the side chambers of the temple and the canopies were like.

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

Topics related to 1 Kings 7:4

• Lebanon
• Palace
• Solomon

In the dictionaries

• Esarhaddon
• Light
• Palace
• Sea
• Solomon
• Unweighed
• Architecture
• Court of the Sanctuary; Tabernacle; Temple
• House
• Jerusalem

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