1 Re 6:4

4 E il re fece alla casa delle finestre a reticolato fisso.

1 Re 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 Re 6:4 In-Context

2 La casa che il re Salomone costruì per l’Eterno, avea sessanta cubiti di lunghezza, venti di larghezza, trenta di altezza.

3 Il portico sul davanti del luogo santo della casa avea venti cubiti di lunghezza rispondenti alla larghezza della casa, e dieci cubiti di larghezza sulla fronte della casa.

4 E il re fece alla casa delle finestre a reticolato fisso.

5 Egli costruì, a ridosso del muro della casa, tutt’intorno, de’ piani che circondavano i muri della casa: del luogo santo e del luogo santissimo; e fece delle camere laterali, tutt’all’intorno.

6 Il piano inferiore era largo cinque cubiti; quello di mezzo sei cubiti, e il terzo sette cubiti; perch’egli avea fatto delle sporgenze tutt’intorno ai muri esterni della casa, affinché le travi non fossero incastrate nei muri della casa.