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1 Kings 7:5 KJV
1 Kings · chapter 7 · verse 5
And all the doors and posts were square, with the windows: and light was against light in three ranks.1 Kings 7:5 · King James Version
1 Kings 7:5 in context
3And it was covered with cedar above upon the beams, that lay on forty five pillars, fifteen in a row.
4And there were windows in three rows, and light was against light in three ranks.
5And all the doors and posts were square, with the windows: and light was against light in three ranks.
6And he made a porch of pillars; the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth thereof thirty cubits: and the porch was before them: and the other pillars and the thick beam were before them.
7Then he made a porch for the throne where he might judge, even the porch of judgment: and it was covered with cedar from one side of the floor to the other.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- windowssheqepha loophole , to admit light and airH8260 →
- againstmûwlproperly, abruptH4136 →
- squarerâbaʻto be quadrateH7251 →
- doorspethachan openingH6607 →
- postsmᵉzûwzâha door-postH4201 →
- lightmechĕzâha windowH4237 →
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Never had any man so much of the spirit of building as Solomon had, nor to better purpose; he began with the temple, built for God first, and then all his other buildings were comfortable. The surest foundations of lasting prosperity are those which are laid in an early piety, Mat 6:33. 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-12