1Ki 7:5 And all the doors and posts [were] square, with the windows: and light [was] against light [in] three ranks. Ver. 5. With the windows. ] All were square: and so this house was, ad elegantiam, amaenitatem et recreationem tota comparata, very pleasant. read more
1 Kings 9:19, 1 Kings 10:17, 2 Chronicles 9:16, Song of Solomon 7:4 Reciprocal: 1 Kings 10:21 - the house 2 Chronicles 8:6 - and in Lebanon Proverbs 9:1 - pillars Ecclesiastes 2:4 - I builded Isaiah 22:8 - the armour read more
beams: Heb. ribs, 1 Kings 6:5, *marg. Reciprocal: Numbers 5:3 - without Proverbs 9:1 - pillars read more
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 read more
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 read more
He built also the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length thereof was an hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams upon the pillars.Of the forest of Lebanon — An house so called, because it was built in the forest of Lebanon, for a summer-seat, whither Solomon, having so many chariots and horses, might at any time retire with ease.The length — Of the principal mansion; to which doubtless... read more
And it was covered with cedar above upon the beams, that lay on forty five pillars, fifteen in a row.Fifteen — So in this second story were only three rows of pillars, which was sufficient for the ornament of the second and for the support of the third story. read more
And there were windows in three rows, and light was against light in three ranks.Against light — One directly opposite to the other, as is usual in well-contrived buildings.In ranks — One exactly under another. read more
And all the doors and posts were square, with the windows: and light was against light in three ranks.Windows — He speaks, of smaller windows or lights, which were over the several doors. read more
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John Trapp Complete Commentary - 1 Kings 7:4
1Ki 7:4 And [there were] windows [in] three rows, and light [was] against light [in] three ranks. Ver. 4. In three rows, ] i.e., In three stories, called also ranks here. And light was against light. ] Fenestrae ex diametro, through lights, we call them. read more