King James Version
1 Kings 7:4 in the King James Version says “And there were windows in three rows, and light was against light in three ranks. light was: Heb. sight against sight” — study this verse from 1 Kings chapter 7 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And there were windows in three rows, and light was against light in three ranks. light was: Heb. sight against sight”
1 Kings 7:4 · KJV
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 thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams upon the pillars.
And it was covered with cedar above upon the beams, that lay on forty five pillars, fifteen in a row. beams: Heb. ribs
And there were windows in three rows, and light was against light in three ranks. light was: Heb. sight against sight
And all the doors and posts were square, with the windows: and light was against light in three ranks. doors: or, spaces and pillars were square in prospect
And he made a porch of pillars; the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth thereof thirty cubits: and the porch was before them: and the other pillars and the thick beam were before them. before them: or, according to them
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“ranks”
H6471a stroke, literally or figuratively (in various applications, as follow)
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