1 Könige 6:4

4 Und er machte an das Haus Fenster mit festen Stäben davor.

1 Könige 6:4 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 6:4

And for the house he made windows of narrow lights.
] Or "open, shut" ^F15, which could be both, having shutters to them, to open or shut at pleasure; windows which they could open, and look through at them, or shut when they pleased; the Targum is,

``open within, and shut without;''

or, as others understand it, they were wide within, and narrow without; by being narrow without, the house was preserved from bad weather, as well as could not so easily be looked into by those without; and by being broader within, the light that was let in spread itself within the house; which some interpret only of the holy place, the most holy place having, as they suppose, no windows in it, which yet is not certain: now these windows may denote the word and ordinances of the church of God, whereby light is communicated to men; which in the present state is but narrow or small, in comparison of the new Jerusalem church state, and the ultimate glory; and especially so it was under the legal dispensation, which was very obscure; see ( Song of Solomon 2:9 ) ( Isaiah 55:8 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F15 (Mypqv Mymja) "apertas clausas", Vatablus; "perspectui accommodas, clausas", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator.

1 Könige 6:4 In-Context

2 Das Haus aber, das der König Salomo dem HERRN baute, war sechzig Ellen lang, zwanzig Ellen breit und dreißig Ellen hoch.

3 Und er baute eine Halle vor dem Tempel, zwanzig Ellen lang nach der Breite des Hauses und zehn Ellen breit vor dem Hause her. {~}

4 Und er machte an das Haus Fenster mit festen Stäben davor.

5 Und er baute einen Umgang an der Wand des Hauses ringsumher, daß er um den Tempel und um den Chor her ging, und machte Seitengemächer umher. {~} {~}

6 Der unterste Gang war fünf Ellen weit und der mittelste sechs Ellen weit und der dritte sieben Ellen weit; denn er machte Absätze außen am Hause umher, daß die Balken nicht in die Wände des Hauses eingriffen.