1 Kings 7:5

The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

Contextual Overview

¹Solomon, however, took thirteen years to complete the construction of his entire palace. ²He built the House of the Forest of Lebanon a hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high, with four rows of cedar pillars supporting the cedar beams. ³The house was roofed with cedar above the beams that rested on the pillars-forty-five beams, fifteen per row. ⁴There were three rows of high windows facing each other in three tiers. ⁵All the doorways had rectangular frames, with the openings facing each other in tiers of three.⁶Solomon made his colonnade fifty cubits long and thirty cubits wide, with a portico in front of it and a canopy with pillars in front of the portico. ⁷In addition, he built a hall for the throne, the Hall of Justice, where he was to judge. It was paneled with cedar from floor to ceiling. ⁸And the palace where Solomon would live, set further back, was of similar construction. He also made a palace like this hall for Pharaoh's daughter, whom he had married. ⁹All these buildings were constructed with costly stones, cut to size and trimmed with saws inside and out from the foundation to the eaves, from the outside to the great courtyard. ¹⁰The foundations were laid with large, costly stones, some eight cubits and some ten cubits in length.

Bible Verse Review
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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 precisely as God had commanded him.

Exodus 39:32
So all the work for the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting, was completed. The Israelites did everything just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

Exodus 40:16
Moses did everything just as the LORD had commanded him.

Psalms 119:6
Then I would not be ashamed when I consider all Your commandments.

Matthew 3:15
"Let it be so now," Jesus replied. "It is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness in this way." Then John permitted Him.

Luke 8:21
But He replied, "My mother and brothers are those who hear the word of God and carry it out."

John 2:5
His mother said to the servants, "Do whatever He tells you."

John 13:17
If you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.

Philippians 2:8
And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to death-even death on a cross.

Hebrews 5:8
Although He was a Son, He learned obedience from what 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.