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Solomon’s Palace Complex

1 Kings 7:4

In 11 translations

BSB
There were three rows of high windows facing one another in three tiers.
KJV
And there were windows in three rows, and light was against light in three ranks.light was…: Heb. sight against sight
WEB
There were beams in three rows, and window was facing window in three ranks.
ASV
And there were beams in three rows, and window was over against window in three ranks.
LSV
And frames [are] in three rows, and window [is] toward window three times.
YLT
And windows [are] in three rows, and sight [is] over-against sight three times.
DBY
And there were cross-beams in three rows, and window was against window in three ranks.
DRC
Set one against another,
GNV
And the windowes were in three rowes, and windowe was against windowe in three rankes.
JPS
And there were beams in three rows; and light was over against light in three ranks.
LXXE7:41
and there were three chambers, and space against space in three rows.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
וּשְׁקֻפִ֖ים שְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה טוּרִ֑ים וּמֶחֱזָ֥ה אֶל־מֶחֱזָ֖ה שָׁלֹ֥שׁ פְּעָמִֽים׃
LXX-Br7:41
καὶ μέλαθρα τρία, καὶ χῶρα ἐπὶ χώραν τρισσῶς.

Who and where

◆ Reign of Solomon◆ Construction of Solomon's Temple

People, places and events the Theographic dataset links to this verse.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Ezekiel 40:36as did its gate chambers, side pillars, and portico. It also had windows all around. It was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.
  • Ezekiel 40:16The gate chambers and their side pillars had beveled windows all around the inside of the gateway. The porticos also had windows all around on the inside. Each side pillar was decorated with palm trees.
  • Isaiah 54:12I will make your pinnacles of rubies, your gates of sparkling jewels, and all your walls of precious stones.
  • Ezekiel 40:33Its gate chambers, side pillars, and portico had the same measurements as the others. Both the gateway and its portico had windows all around. It was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.
  • Ezekiel 40:25Both the gateway and its portico had windows all around, like the other windows. It was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.
  • 1 Kings 7:5All the doorways had rectangular frames, with the openings facing one another in three tiers.
  • Ezekiel 40:22Its windows, portico, and palm trees had the same measurements as those of the gate facing east. Seven steps led up to it, with its portico opposite them.
  • 1 Kings 6:4He also had narrow windows framed high in the temple.
  • Ezekiel 40:29Its gate chambers, side pillars, and portico had the same measurements as the others. Both the gateway and its portico had windows all around; it was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.
  • Ezekiel 41:26There were beveled windows and palm trees on the sidewalls of the portico. The side rooms of the temple also had canopies.

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 7:41 in some Bibles
  • 7:4 in most Bibles

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