1 Kings 7:4

4 There were three rows of window frames, facing each other^[a] in three tiers.^[b]

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 House of the Forest of Lebanon. It was 150 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high on four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams on top of the pillars.

3 It was paneled above with cedar at the top of the chambers that [rested] on 45 pillars, fifteen per row.

4 There were three rows of window frames, facing each other in three tiers.

5 All the doors and doorposts had rectangular frames, the openings facing each other in three tiers.

6 He made the hall of pillars 75 feet long and 45 feet wide. A portico was in front of the pillars, and a canopy with pillars was in front of them.

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit frames, window to window
• [b]. Lit three times; at 3 different places