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Selected Verse: 1 Kings 7:5 - King James

Verse	Translation	Text
1Ki 7:5	King James	And all the doors and posts were square, with the windows: and light was against light in three ranks.

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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
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 Assyrian buildings arched doorways were not uncommon. The doorways also, like the windows, exactly faced one another.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

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 Assyrian buildings arched doorways were not uncommon. The doorways also, like the windows, exactly faced one another.

The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917]
doors Or, spaces and pillars were square in prospect.

The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917]

doors

Or, spaces and pillars were square in prospect.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
Windows - He speaks, of smaller windows or lights, which were over the several doors.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]

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

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