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Solomon’s Palace Complex

1 Kings 7:5

In 11 translations

BSB
All the doorways had rectangular frames, with the openings facing one another in three tiers.Literally doorways and doorposts
KJV
And all the doors and posts were square, with the windows: and light was against light in three ranks.doors…: or, spaces and pillars were square in prospect
WEB
All the doors and posts were made square with beams; and window was facing window in three ranks.
ASV
And all the doors and posts were made square with beams: and window was over against window in three ranks.
LSV
And all the openings and the doorposts [are of] square frame; and window [is] toward window three times.
YLT
And all the openings and the side-posts [are] square — windows; and sight [is] over-against sight three times.
DBY
And all the doors and posts were square, with an architrave; and window was against window in three ranks.
DRC
And looking one upon another, with equal space between the pillars, and over the pillars were square beams in all things equal.
GNV
And all the doores, and the side postes with the windowes were foure square, and windowe was ouer against windowe in three rankes.
JPS
And all the doors with their posts were square in the frame; and light was over against light in three ranks.
LXXE7:42
And all the doors and spaces formed like chambers were square, and from door to door was a correspondence 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
וְכָל־הַפְּתָחִ֥ים וְהַמְּזוּז֖וֹת רְבֻעִ֣ים שָׁ֑קֶף וּמ֧וּל מֶחֱזָ֛ה אֶל־מֶחֱזָ֖ה שָׁלֹ֥שׁ פְּעָמִֽים׃
LXX-Br7:42
Καὶ πάντα τὰ θυρώματα, καὶ αἱ χῶραι τετράγωνοι μεμελαθρωμέναι· καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ θυρώματος ἐπὶ θύραν τρισσῶς.

Who and where

◆ Reign of Solomon◆ Construction of Solomon's Temple

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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 7:42 in some Bibles
  • 7:5 in most Bibles

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