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Windows for Light & Privacy
Scholars debate the exact design of the temple windows. One view is they were splayed—narrow on the outside and wide on the inside—to maximize light while offering protection. However, most commentators believe they were windows with fixed lattices, similar to modern jalousies. This design would have provided ventilation while preventing anyone from looking in or out, emphasizing the temple's sanctity.
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Albert Barnes
On 1 Kings 6:4
18th Century
Theologian
Windows of narrow lights - This refers to one of two things: either, as a marginal note suggests, windows that were mere slits on the outsid…
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Kings 6:4
19th Century
Bishop
Windows of narrow lights. —The marginal reading, “windows broad within and narrow without”—splayed as in ordinary Gothic …
John Gill
On 1 Kings 6:4
17th Century
Pastor
And for the house he made windows of narrow lights .
Or "open, shut" F15 , which could be both, having sh…
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Matthew Henry
On 1 Kings 6:1–10
17th Century
Minister
The temple is called the house of the Lord, because it was directed and modelled by him, and was to be employed in his service. This gave it the be…