1 Kings 6:4

Verse 4. Oblique windows. Which were made slanting, that the light might be more easily communicated within. Bible.—On the outside they were not so large. Worthington. Menochius.—Hebrew “windows to see through, shut,” with lattices, ( Calmet.) or blinds. Prot. “he made windows of narrow lights.” Bible.—Curtains might be hung before them, as no glass was yet used. Calmet.—These windows occupied the five cubits above the chambers, which were built on the west end, and on the sides of the temple, 15 cubits high. Calmet.—No windows were permitted in the holy of holies. Menochius.