1 Reyes 6:4

4 Salomón también hizo ventanas angostas y empotradas por todo el templo.

1 Reyes 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 Reyes 6:4 In-Context

2 El templo que el rey Salomón construyó para el Señor
medía veintisiete metros y medio de largo, nueve metros de ancho, y trece metros y medio de alto.

3 La antesala que estaba al frente del templo medía nueve metros
de ancho, coincidía con la anchura total del templo, y se proyectaba cuatro metros y medio
hacia el frente.

4 Salomón también hizo ventanas angostas y empotradas por todo el templo.

5 A los costados del edificio y en la parte trasera, construyó un complejo de habitaciones contra las paredes exteriores del templo.

6 El complejo era de tres pisos; el piso de abajo tenía un ancho de dos metros con treinta centímetros, el piso de en medio, dos metros con ochenta centímetros; y el piso de arriba, tres metros con veinte centímetros.
Las habitaciones estaban unidas a las paredes del templo mediante vigas apoyadas en cornisas que sobresalían de las paredes; de modo que las vigas no estaban insertadas dentro de las paredes mismas.