1 Kings 6:4 KJV — MannaFest

1 Kings 6:4

And for the house he made windows of narrow lights.

KJV

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ASV

And for the house he made windows of fixed lattice-work.

WEB

He also had narrow windows framed high in the temple.

YLT

and he maketh for the house windows of narrow lights.

DBT

And for the house he made closed windows with fixed lattices.

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1 Kings — From Solomon's glory to the divided kingdom — then Elijah's confrontation with Ahab and Jezebel dominating the second half. The promise of the Davidic covenant unfolding through temple glory, then beginning to unravel as idolatry and political fragmentation take hold.

Author: Compiler anonymous; Jewish tradition attributes to Jeremiah (Bava Batra 15a). The book draws on court annals and prophetic records cited by name.
Date: Events c. 970–852 BC; compilation during the late Judahite monarchy or exile

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The TabernacleTemple construction — monumentalization of the tabernacle pattern.

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Ezekiel 40:16
And 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.
Ezekiel 41:16
The door posts, and the narrow windows, and the galleries round about on their three stories, over against the door, cieled with wood round about, and from the ground up to the windows, and the windows were covered;
Ezekiel 41:26
And 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.
Song of Solomon 2:9
My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, shewing himself through the lattice.
1 Kings 7:4
And there were windows in three rows, and light was against light in three ranks.

Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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Such should the eyes of our mind be, reflecting nearer on ourselves than on other people, looking much within, to judge ourselves, but little without, to censure our brethren. The narrowness of the lights intimated the darkness of that dispensation, in comparison with the gospel day. The chambers are described (

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

windows of narrow lights--that is, windows with lattices, capable of being shut and opened at pleasure, partly to let out the vapor of the lamps, the smoke of the frankincense, and partly to give light [KEIL].

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

1KI 6:4EZE 40:16 2CH 3:5
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
1KI 6:4EZE 41:26 EZE 40:16
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
1KI 6:4SNG 2:9 SNG 8:14
1KI 6:4SNG 2:9 SNG 2:17
1KI 6:4EZE 41:26 EZE 41:16
1KI 6:4EZE 41:16 EZE 40:25
1KI 6:4EZE 41:16 1KI 6:15
1KI 6:4EZE 40:16 EZE 41:26

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