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1 Kings 6:4

2 And the house which king Solomon built for the LORD, the length thereof was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits.

3 And the porch before the temple of the house, twenty cubits was the length thereof, according to the breadth of the house; and ten cubits was the breadth thereof before the house.

And for the house he made windows of narrow lights.

5 And against the wall of the house he built chambers round about, against the walls of the house round about, both of the temple and of the oracle: and he made chambers round about:

6 The nethermost chamber was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad: for without in the wall of the house he made narrowed rests round about, that the beams should not be fastened in the walls of the house.

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BSB
He also had narrow windows framed high in the temple.
KJV
And for the house he made windows of narrow lights.
WEB
He made windows of fixed lattice work for the house.
ASV
And for the house he made windows of fixed lattice-work.
DARBY
And for the house he made closed windows with fixed lattices.
BLB
And he made for the house windows with narrowed frames.
ÅB
På huset gjorde han vinduer med fast gitterverk.
OTB
Og han laget vinduer for huset med kunstneriske rammer.
B1930
På huset gjorde han vinduer med fast gitterverk.

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  • Ezekiel 40:16

    And there were narrow windows to the little chambers, and to their posts within the gate round about, and likewise to the arches: and windows were round about inward: and upon each post were palm trees.

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  • Ezekiel 41:16

    The door posts, and the narrow windows, and the galleries round about on their three stories, over against the door, cieled with wood round about, and from the ground up to the windows, and the windows were covered;

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  • Ezekiel 41:26

    And there were narrow windows and palm trees on the one side and on the other side, on the sides of the porch, and upon the side chambers of the house, and thick planks.

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  • Song of Solomon 2:9

    My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, shewing himself through the lattice.

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