1-Kings - 7:4



4 There were beams in three rows, and window was over against window in three ranks.

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Explanation and meaning of 1-Kings 7:4.

Differing Translations

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And there were windows in three rows, and light was against light in three ranks.
Set one against another,
And there were prospects in three rows, and light was over against light in three ranks.
And windows are in three rows, and sight is over-against sight three times.
There were three lines of window-frames, window facing window in every line.
And there were beams in three rows; and light was over against light in three ranks.
each positioned opposite another,

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

Either three ranges of windows, one above the other, on either side of the house; or perhaps the three ranges were one in either side wall, and the third in a wall down the middle of the hall, along the course of the midmost row of pillars. The windows were directly opposite one another, giving what we call a through light.

And [there were] windows [in] three rows, and light [was] (c) against light [in] three ranks.
(c) There were as many and like proportion on the one side as the other, and at every end even three in a row one above another.

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.

Against light - One directly opposite to the other, as is usual in well - contrived buildings. In ranks - One exactly under another.

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