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All the doors and posts were made square with beams: and window was over against window in three ranks.
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Square and Symmetrical Design
Commentators explain that this verse describes the architectural style of Solomon's palace. The doorways and their posts were square-topped, not arched. This created a sense of order and symmetry, as the doors and windows were arranged in three ranks, directly facing one another.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
All the doors and posts - The doorways, and the posts that formed them, seem to be what is meant. These were square at the top, not arched o…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And all the doors and posts were square with the windows
The doors into the several stories and apartments, and th…
All Solomon's buildings, though beautiful, were intended for use. Solomon began with the temple; he built for God first, and then his other buildin…
