John Gill Commentary 1 Kings 6:4

"And for the house he made windows of fixed lattice-work." — 1 Kings 6:4 (ASV)

And for the house he made windows of narrow lights .
Or "open, shut" ^F15 , which could be both, having shutters to them, to open or shut at pleasure; windows which they could open, and look through at them, or shut when they pleased; the Targum is, ``open within, and shut without;'' or, as others understand it, they were wide within, and narrow without; by being narrow without, the house was preserved from bad weather, as well as could not so easily be looked into by those without; and by being broader within, the light that was let in spread itself within the house; which some interpret only of the holy place, the most holy place having, as they suppose, no windows in it, which yet is not certain:

now these windows may denote the word and ordinances of the church of God, whereby light is communicated to men; which in the present state is but narrow or small, in comparison of the new Jerusalem church state, and the ultimate glory; and especially so it was under the legal dispensation, which was very obscure; see (Song of Solomon 2:9) (Isaiah 55:8) .

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FOOTNOTES:

• F15: (Mypqv Mymja) "apertas clausas", Vatablus; "perspectui accommodas, clausas", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator.