And there were windows in three rows, and light was against light in three ranks.
Parallel translations
- WEB There were beams in three rows, and window was facing window in three ranks.
- BSB There were three rows of high windows facing one another in three tiers.
- NKJV There were windows with beveled frames in three rows, and window was opposite window in three tiers.
- NASB There were artistic window frames in three rows, and window was opposite window at three intervals.
- NLT On each end of the long hall were three rows of windows facing each other.
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Quick answer
The hall had three rows of beams with windows set opposite one another in three tiers. The design allowed light and air throughout the great room.
Overview
The arrangement of windows facing windows reflects thoughtful architecture, balancing grandeur with livability. Such description, though technical, preserves an accurate record of Solomon's building works. It reminds us that the inspired history attends faithfully even to ordinary structural details of the kingdom God established.
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- Ezek 40:22And their windows, and their arches, and their palm trees, were after the measure of the gate that looketh toward the east; and they went up unto it by seven steps; and the arches thereof were before them.
- Ezek 40:25And there were windows in it and in the arches thereof round about, like those windows: the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits.
- Ezek 40:36The little chambers thereof, the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, and the windows to it round about: the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits.
- Ezek 41:26And there were narrow windows and palm trees on the one side and on the other side, on the sides of the porch, and upon the side chambers of the house, and thick planks.
- Isa 54:12And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones.
- 1 Kgs 6:4And for the house he made windows of narrow lights.
- Ezek 40:29And the little chambers thereof, and the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, according to these measures: and there were windows in it and in the arches thereof round about: it was fifty cubits long, and five and twenty cubits broad.
- Ezek 40:16And there were narrow windows to the little chambers, and to their posts within the gate round about, and likewise to the arches: and windows were round about inward: and upon each post were palm trees.
- 1 Kgs 7:5And all the doors and posts were square, with the windows: and light was against light in three ranks.
- Ezek 40:33And the little chambers thereof, and the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, were according to these measures: and there were windows therein and in the arches thereof round about: it was fifty cubits long, and five and twenty cubits broad.
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