1 Kings 7:5

5 And all the doors and posts were square, with an architrave; and window was against window in three ranks.

1 Kings 7:5 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 7:5

And all the doors and posts were square with the windows
The doors into the several stories and apartments, and the posts and lintel of them, and the windows over them, were all square:

and light was against light in three ranks;
they answered one another as before.

1 Kings 7:5 In-Context

3 and it was covered with cedar above upon the side-chambers, which were on forty-five pillars, fifteen in a row.

4 And there were cross-beams in three rows, and window was against window in three ranks.

5 And all the doors and posts were square, with an architrave; and window was against window in three ranks.

6 And he made the porch of pillars; its length was fifty cubits, and its breadth thirty cubits; and there was a porch in front of them; and there were pillars, and steps in front of them.

7 And he made the porch for the throne where he judged, the porch of judgment; and it was covered with cedar from floor to floor.

Footnotes

• [a] Some say 'made of cross-beams.'