1 Kings 7:4

4 Its windows were placed high in sets of three, facing each other.

1 Kings 7:4 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
4 And there were windows in three rows, and light was against light in three ranks.
English Standard Version (ESV)
4 There were window frames in three rows, and window opposite window in three tiers.
New Living Translation (NLT)
4 On each end of the long hall were three rows of windows facing each other.
The Message Bible (MSG)
4 Windows in groupings of three were set high in the walls on either side.
American Standard Version (ASV)
4 And there were beams in three rows, and window was over against window in three ranks.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
4 The windows were in three rows facing each other on opposite sides [of the palace].
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
4 There were three rows of window frames, facing each other in three tiers.
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
4 The windows of the palace were placed high up in the walls. They were in groups of three. And they faced each other.

1 Kings 7:4 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 7:4

And there were windows in three rows
Both in the second and third stories, east, north, and south, there being none in the west, where the porch stood:

and light was against light in three ranks;
or the windows, through which light was let, answered to each other.

1 Kings 7:4 In-Context

2 He built the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon a hundred cubits long, fifty wide and thirty high, with four rows of cedar columns supporting trimmed cedar beams.
3 It was roofed with cedar above the beams that rested on the columns—forty-five beams, fifteen to a row.
4 Its windows were placed high in sets of three, facing each other.
5 All the doorways had rectangular frames; they were in the front part in sets of three, facing each other.
6 He made a colonnade fifty cubits long and thirty wide. In front of it was a portico, and in front of that were pillars and an overhanging roof.
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