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New Living Translation

1 Kings 7:5

All the doorways and doorposts had rectangular frames and were arranged in sets of three, facing each other.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Lebanon;   Palace;   Solomon;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Lebanon;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Esarhaddon;   Palace;   Solomon;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Art and Aesthetics;   Frame;   House of the Forest of Lebanon;   Temple of Jerusalem;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - House;   Israel;   Line;   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 - Against;   Architecture;   Court of the Sanctuary;   King;   Palace;   Solomon;   Temple;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Palace;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
All the doors and doorposts had rectangular frames, the openings facing each other in three tiers.
Hebrew Names Version
All the doors and posts were made square with beams: and window was over against window in three ranks.
King James Version
And all the doors and posts were square, with the windows: and light was against light in three ranks.
English Standard Version
All the doorways and windows had square frames, and window was opposite window in three tiers.
New Century Version
All the doors were square, and the three doors at each end faced each other.
New English Translation
All of the entrances were rectangular in shape and they were arranged in sets of three.
Amplified Bible
All the doorways and doorposts [and windows] had squared [artistic] frames, and window was opposite window in three tiers.
New American Standard Bible
And all the doorways and doorposts had squared artistic frames, and window was opposite window at three intervals.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And all the doores, and the side postes with the windowes were foure square, and windowe was ouer against windowe in three rankes.
Legacy Standard Bible
And all the doorways and doorposts had squared artistic frames, and window was opposite window in three ranks.
Contemporary English Version
and there were three doors on each side near the front of the hall.
Complete Jewish Bible
All the doors and doorways were rectangular and opposite each other at all three levels.
Darby Translation
And all the doors and posts were square, with an architrave; and window was against window in three ranks.
Easy-to-Read Version
There were three doors at each end. All the door openings and frames were square.
George Lamsa Translation
And all the doors and posts were square, set one against another in three tiers.
Good News Translation
The doorways and the windows had rectangular frames, and the three rows of windows in each wall faced the opposite rows.
Lexham English Bible
All of the doorways and the doorframes had four-sided casings, with opening to opposite opening three times.
Literal Translation
And all the doors and the side posts were square along with the windows; and the front of a window was against a window in three rows.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
so that euery space betwixte the pilers was one ouer agaynst another foure squared with the pilers.
American Standard Version
And all the doors and posts were made square with beams: and window was over against window in three ranks.
Bible in Basic English
And all the doors and windows had square frames, with the windows facing one another in three lines.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And al the doores with the syde postes & the vpper postes were foure square, and had windowes one against another three folde.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And all the doors with their posts were square in the frame; and light was over against light in three ranks.
King James Version (1611)
And all the doores and postes were square, with the windowes: and light was against light in three rankes.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And all the doors and spaces formed like chambers were square, and from door to door was a correspondence in three rows.
English Revised Version
And all the doors and posts were square in prospect: and light was over against light in three ranks.
Berean Standard Bible
All the doorways had rectangular frames, with the openings facing each other in tiers of three.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and on the pilers weren foure square trees, euene in alle thingis.
Young's Literal Translation
And all the openings and the side-posts [are] square -- windows; and sight [is] over-against sight three times.
Update Bible Version
And all the doors and jambs were made square with beams: and window was opposite window in three ranks.
Webster's Bible Translation
And all the doors and posts [were] square, with the windows: and light [was] against light [in] three ranks.
World English Bible
All the doors and posts were made square with beams: and window was over against window in three ranks.
New King James Version
And all the doorways and doorposts had rectangular frames; and window was opposite window in three tiers.
New Life Bible
All the doors and windows were as high as they were wide. And there were three rows of windows on each side.
New Revised Standard
All the doorways and doorposts had four-sided frames, opposite, facing each other in the three rows.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, all the openings and the posts, were square in their frame, - and light was over against light, three times.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And looking one upon another, with equal space between the pillars, and over the pillars were square beams in all things equal.
Revised Standard Version
All the doorways and windows had square frames, and window was opposite window in three tiers.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
All the doorways and doorposts had squared artistic frames, and window was opposite window in three ranks.

Contextual Overview

1 Solomon also built a palace for himself, and it took him thirteen years to complete the construction. 2 One of Solomon's buildings was called the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon. It was 150 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high. There were four rows of cedar pillars, and great cedar beams rested on the pillars. 3 The hall had a cedar roof. Above the beams on the pillars were forty-five side rooms, arranged in three tiers of fifteen each. 4 On each end of the long hall were three rows of windows facing each other. 5 All the doorways and doorposts had rectangular frames and were arranged in sets of three, facing each other. 6 Solomon also built the Hall of Pillars, which was 75 feet long and 45 feet wide. There was a porch in front, along with a canopy supported by pillars. 7 Solomon also built the throne room, known as the Hall of Justice, where he sat to hear legal matters. It was paneled with cedar from floor to ceiling. 8 Solomon's living quarters surrounded a courtyard behind this hall, and they were constructed the same way. He also built similar living quarters for Pharaoh's daughter, whom he had married. 9 From foundation to eaves, all these buildings were built from huge blocks of high-quality stone, cut with saws and trimmed to exact measure on all sides. 10 Some of the huge foundation stones were 15 feet long, and some were 12 feet long.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

doors and posts were square, with the windows: or, spaces and pillars were square in prospect, 1 Kings 7:5

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 7:4 - windows

Cross-References

Genesis 6:22
So Noah did everything exactly as God had commanded him.
Exodus 39:32
And so at last the Tabernacle was finished. The Israelites had done everything just as the Lord had commanded Moses.
Exodus 40:16
Moses proceeded to do everything just as the Lord had commanded him.
Psalms 119:6
Then I will not be ashamed when I compare my life with your commands.
Matthew 3:15
But Jesus said, "It should be done, for we must carry out all that God requires." So John agreed to baptize him.
Luke 8:21
Jesus replied, "My mother and my brothers are all those who hear God's word and obey it."
John 2:5
But his mother told the servants, "Do whatever he tells you."
John 13:17
Now that you know these things, God will bless you for doing them.
Philippians 2:8
he humbled himself in obedience to God and died a criminal's death on a cross.
Hebrews 5:8
Even though Jesus was God's Son, he learned obedience from the things he suffered.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And all the doors and posts were square with the windows,.... The doors into the several stories and apartments, and the posts and lintel of them, and the windows over them, were all square:

and light was against light in three ranks; they answered one another as before.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

All 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.


 
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