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1 Kings 7:4

There were three rows of windows across from each other on the side walls.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Lebanon;   Palace;   Solomon;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Houses;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Jerusalem;   Lebanon;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Esarhaddon;   Palace;   Solomon;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Art and Aesthetics;   Frame;   House of the Forest of Lebanon;   Temple of Jerusalem;   Window;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Israel;   Palace;   Temple;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Pillar;   Window;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Jerusalem;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Court of the Sanctuary;   King;   Palace;   Solomon;   Temple;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Palace;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
There were three rows of window frames, facing each other in three tiers.
Hebrew Names Version
There were beams in three rows, and window was over against window in three ranks.
King James Version
And there were windows in three rows, and light was against light in three ranks.
English Standard Version
There were window frames in three rows, and window opposite window in three tiers.
New Century Version
Windows were placed in three rows facing each other.
New English Translation
There were three rows of windows arranged in sets of three.
Amplified Bible
There were artistic window frames in three rows, and window was opposite window in three tiers.
New American Standard Bible
There were artistic window frames in three rows, and window was opposite window at three intervals.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the windowes were in three rowes, & windowe was against windowe in three rankes.
Legacy Standard Bible
Now there were artistic window frames in three rows, and window was opposite window in three ranks.
Contemporary English Version
Three rows of windows on each side faced each other,
Complete Jewish Bible
There were three rows of window openings, placed so that the windows on facing walls were opposite each other at all three levels.
Darby Translation
And there were cross-beams in three rows, and window was against window in three ranks.
George Lamsa Translation
And there were balconies in three rows set one against another in three tiers.
Good News Translation
On each of the two side walls there were three rows of windows.
Lexham English Bible
There were three rows of specially designed windows; with window to window three times.
Literal Translation
And windows were in three rows, and light was against light in three rows.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
so yt there stode euer thre pilers one right ouer agaynst another:
American Standard Version
And there were beams in three rows, and window was over against window in three ranks.
Bible in Basic English
There were three lines of window-frames, window facing window in every line.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And there were windowes in three rowes, and the windowes were one against another three folde.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And there were beams in three rows; and light was over against light in three ranks.
King James Version (1611)
And there were windowes in three rowes, and light was against light in three rankes.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and there were three chambers, and space against space in three rows.
English Revised Version
And there were prospects in three rows, and light was over against light in three ranks.
Berean Standard Bible
There were three rows of high windows facing each other in three tiers.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and biholdynge hem silf euene ayens, bi euene space bitwixe the pilers;
Young's Literal Translation
And windows [are] in three rows, and sight [is] over-against sight three times.
Update Bible Version
And there were beams in three rows, and window was opposite window in three ranks.
Webster's Bible Translation
And [there were] windows in three rows, and light [was] against light [in] three ranks.
World English Bible
There were beams in three rows, and window was over against window in three ranks.
New King James Version
There were windows with beveled frames in three rows, and window was opposite window in three tiers.
New Living Translation
On each end of the long hall were three rows of windows facing each other.
New Life Bible
There were three rows of special windows on one side, and three rows of windows on the other side.
New Revised Standard
There were window frames in the three rows, facing each other in the three rows.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And there were, window spaces, in three rows, - and light over against light, three times.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Set one against another,
Revised Standard Version
There were window frames in three rows, and window opposite window in three tiers.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
There were artistic window frames in three rows, and window was opposite window in three ranks.

Contextual Overview

1 King Solomon also built a palace for himself. It took 13 years to build Solomon's palace. 2 He also built the building called the "Forest of Lebanon." It was 100 cubits long, 50 cubits wide, and 30 cubits high. It had four rows of cedar columns. On top of each column was a cedar capital. 3 There were cedar beams going across the rows of columns. There were 15 beams for each section of columns, making a total of 45 beams. On top of these beams there were cedar boards for the ceiling. 4 There were three rows of windows across from each other on the side walls. 5 There were three doors at each end. All the door openings and frames were square. 6 Solomon also built the Porch of Columns. It was 50 cubits long and 30 cubits wide. Along the front of the porch, there was a covering supported by columns. 7 He also built a throne room where he judged people. He called this the Judgment Hall. The room was covered with cedar from floor to ceiling. 8 Behind the Judgment Hall was a courtyard. The palace where Solomon lived was built around that courtyard and looked like the Judgment Hall. He also built the same kind of palace for his wife, the daughter of the king of Egypt. 9 All these buildings were made with expensive blocks of stone. The stones were cut to the right size with a saw and then smoothed on front and back. These expensive stones went from the foundation all the way up to the top layer of the wall. Even the wall around the yard was made with expensive blocks of stone. 10 The foundations were made with large, expensive stones. Some of the stones were 10 cubits long and the others were 8 cubits long.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

windows: 1 Kings 7:5, 1 Kings 6:4, Isaiah 54:12, Ezekiel 40:16, Ezekiel 40:22, Ezekiel 40:25, Ezekiel 40:29, Ezekiel 40:33, Ezekiel 40:36, Ezekiel 41:26

light was against light: Heb. sight against sight

Cross-References

Genesis 2:5
This was before there were plants on the earth. Nothing was growing in the fields because the Lord God had not yet made it rain on the earth, and there was no one to care for the plants.
Genesis 6:7
So the Lord said, "I will destroy all the people I created on the earth. I will destroy every person and every animal and everything that crawls on the earth. And I will destroy all the birds in the air, because I am sorry that I have made them."
Genesis 6:13
So God said to Noah, "Everyone has filled the earth with anger and violence. So I will destroy all living things. I will remove them from the earth.
Genesis 6:17
"Understand what I am telling you. I will bring a great flood of water on the earth. I will destroy all living things that live under heaven. Everything on the earth will die.
Genesis 7:10
Seven days later the flood started. The rain began to fall on the earth.
Genesis 7:11
On the 17th day of the second month, when Noah was 600 years old, the springs under the earth broke through the ground, and water flowed out everywhere. The sky also opened like windows and rain poured down. The rain fell on the earth for 40 days and 40 nights. That same day Noah went into the boat with his wife, his sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and their wives.
Genesis 7:17
Water flooded the earth for 40 days. The water began rising and lifted the boat off the ground.
Genesis 7:21
Every living thing on earth died—every man and woman, every bird, and every kind of animal. All the many kinds of animals and all the things that crawl on the ground died. Every living, breathing thing on dry land died.
Genesis 7:23
In this way God wiped the earth clean—he destroyed every living thing on the earth—every human, every animal, everything that crawls, and every bird. All that was left was Noah and his family and the animals that were with him in the boat.
Genesis 8:10
After seven days Noah again sent out the dove.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And there were windows in three rows,.... Both in the second and third stories, east, north, and south, there being none in the west, where the porch stood:

and light was against light in three ranks; or the windows, through which light was let, answered to each other.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Either 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.


 
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