New International Version
1 Kings 7:4
4Its windows were placed high in sets of three, facing each other.
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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)On each end of the long hall were three rows of windows facing each other.
Context of 1 Kings 7:4
2He built the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon a hundred cubits long, fifty wide and thirty high, with four rows of cedar columns supporting trimmed cedar beams. 3It was roofed with cedar above the beams that rested on the columns—forty-five beams, fifteen to a row. Its windows were placed high in sets of three, facing each other. 5All the doorways had rectangular frames; they were in the front part in sets of three, facing each other. 6He made a colonnade fifty cubits long and thirty wide. In front of it was a portico, and in front of that were pillars and an overhanging roof.
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וּשְׁקֻפִ֖ים שְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה טוּרִ֑ים וּמֶחֱזָ֥ה אֶל־מֶחֱזָ֖ה שָׁלֹ֥שׁ פְּעָמִֽים׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for 1 Kings 7:4
- 1 Kings 6:5Against the walls of the main hall and inner sanctuary he built a structure around the building, in which there were side rooms.
- 1 Kings 6:4He made narrow windows high up in the temple walls.
- Isaiah 54:12I will make your battlements of rubies, your gates of sparkling jewels, and all your walls of precious stones.
- Ezekiel 40:16The alcoves and the projecting walls inside the gateway were surmounted by narrow parapet openings all around, as was the portico; the openings all around faced inward. The faces of the projecting walls were decorated with palm trees.
- Ezekiel 41:26On the sidewalls of the portico were narrow windows with palm trees carved on each side. The side rooms of the temple also had overhangs.
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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