1 Kings 7:5

And all the doors and posts were square, with the windows: and light was against light in three ranks.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

All the doors and posts - The doorways, and the posts which formed them, seem to be intended. These were square at top, not arched or rounded. In...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 7. Solomon's Palace (1 Kings 1-12). The Temple Implements (1Kings 13- 51). Twenty years ( cf. 1 Kings 9:10 with 1 Kings 7:1 ) was Solom...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

doors . entrances.
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And it was covered with cedar above upon the beams, that lay on forty five pillars, fifteen in a row. No JFB commentary on these verses.
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Solomon's Palace This c, besides giving a description of Solomon's palace, contains an account of the principal utensils belonging to the Temple.
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Kings 6:1-38 ; 1 Kings 7:1-51 THE TEMPLE 1 Kings 5:1-18 ; 1 Kings 6:1-38 ; 1 Kings 7:1-51 "And his next son, for wealth and wisdom fam...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Other Splendid Structures 1 Kings 7:1-12 Solomon's house took nearly twice as long to build as did the Temple, because there was not the same u...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Taking advantage of the treaty with Hiram, Solomon also built a house for himself, the house of the forest of Lebanon, a description of which is give...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(2) He built also the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length thereof was an hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits, and the height...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And all the doors and posts were square with the windows ,.... The doors into the several stories and apartments, and the posts and lintel of them,...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And all the doors and posts [were] square, with the windows: and light [was] against light [in] three ranks. Ver. 5. With the windows. ] All were...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Fifteen in a row So in this second story there were only three rows of pillars, which were sufficient for the ornament of the second and for the su...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THREE MORE HOUSES (vs.1-12) Only one verse speaks of Solomon's own house, which took 13 years to build. However, the order of that house is seen...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Building of the Temple. B. C. 1004. ...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

He speaks either, first, of the same lights mentioned 1 Kings 7:4 , it being the manner of the Hebrews to repeat the same things; or rather, of th...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Building Of Solomon's Own Palace ( 1 Kings 7:1-12 ). The building of Solomon's palace complex comes between the description of the building of...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

THE SPLENDOUR OF SOLOMON’S BUILDINGS CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 1 Kings 7:1 . Solomon was building his own house thirteen years —Because...
Scofield Reference Notes

doors Or, spaces and pillars were square in prospect.
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Kings 7:1 . Solomon was thirteen years in building his own palace in Jerusalem, because fewer workmen were employed, many of whom were still eng...
The Biblical Illustrator

Solomon was building his own house thirteen years. Building God’s house and one’s own A very curious thing this, that whilst Solomon was buildi...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION SOLOMON 'S PALACES AND THE PREPARATION OF THE TEMPLE VESSELS .—The first twelve verses of this chapter constitute a b...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Solomon's Palace
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And all the doors and posts were square, the door-and window-openings with their lintels and sills, with the windows; and light was against light in...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 7:5
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Windows — He speaks, of smaller windows or lights, which were over the several doors.

⁵ And all the doorsb and posts were square, with the windows: and light was against light in three ranks.

Related Commentaries of 1 Kings 7:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Scofield Reference Notes

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

1 Kings 7:5