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 90 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 45 feet high. 3The entry room at the front of the Temple was 30 feet wide, running across the entire width of the Temple. It projected outward 15 feet from the front of the Temple. Solomon also made narrow recessed windows throughout the Temple. 5He built a complex of rooms against the outer walls of the Temple, all the way around the sides and rear of the building. 6The complex was three stories high, the bottom floor being 7-1/2 feet wide, the second floor 9 feet wide, and the top floor 10-1/2 feet wide. The rooms were connected to the walls of the Temple by beams resting on ledges built out from the wall. So the beams were not inserted into the walls themselves.

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 40:16There were recessed windows that narrowed inward through the walls of the guard alcoves and their dividing walls. There were also windows in the entry room. The surfaces of the dividing walls were decorated with carved palm trees.
• Ezekiel 41:26On both sides of the entry room were recessed windows decorated with carved palm trees. The side rooms along the outside wall also had roofs.

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