There were beams in three rows, and window was facing window in three ranks.
Parallel translations
- KJV And there were windows in three rows, and light was against light 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 40:22The windows of it, and its arches, and the palm trees of it, were after the measure of the gate whose prospect is toward the east; and they went up to it by seven steps; and its arches were before them.
- Ezek 40:25There were windows in it and in its arches all around, like those windows: the length was fifty cubits, and the width twenty-five cubits.
- Ezek 40:36its lodges, its posts, and its arches: and there were windows therein all around; the length was fifty cubits, and the width twenty-five cubits.
- Ezek 41:26There were closed windows and palm trees on the one side and on the other side, on the sides of the porch: thus were the side rooms of the house, and the thresholds.
- Isa 54:12I will make your pinnacles of rubies, your gates of sparkling jewels, and all your walls of precious stones.
- 1 Kgs 6:4He made windows of fixed lattice work for the house.
- Ezek 40:29and its lodges, and its posts, and its arches, according to these measurements: and there were windows in it and in its arches all around; it was fifty cubits long, and twenty-five cubits wide.
- Ezek 40:16There were closed windows to the lodges, and to their posts within the gate all around, and likewise to the arches; and windows were around inward; and on each post were palm trees.
- 1 Kgs 7:5All the doors and posts were made square with beams: and window was facing window in three ranks.
- Ezek 40:33and its lodges, and its posts, and its arches, according to these measurements: and there were windows therein and in its arches all around; it was fifty cubits long, and twenty-five cubits wide.
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