2 Chronicles 4:20

and the candlesticks with their lamps to burn according to the ordinance before the oracle, of pure gold;

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

Moreover the candlesticks with their lamps, that they should burn after the manner before the oracle, of pure gold;

In Context

19And Solomon made all the vessels that were [in] the house of God: the golden altar; and the tables whereon was the shewbread;

21and the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, of gold (it was perfect gold);

Read all of 2 Chronicles 4

Cross References

Exodus 25:31And thou shalt make a lamp-stand of pure gold; [of] beaten work shall the lamp-stand be made: its base and its shaft, its cups, its knobs, and its flowers shall be of the same.

Exodus 27:20And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring thee olive oil, pure, beaten, for the light, to light the lamp continually.

1 Kings 6:16And he built twenty cubits of the innermost part of the house, both floor and walls, with boards of cedar; and he built [them] for it within, to [be] the oracle, the most holy place.

2 Chronicles 4:7And he made ten candlesticks of gold according to the ordinance respecting them, and set them in the temple, five on the right hand and five on the left.

Psalms 28:2Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward the oracle of thy holiness.

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 4:12-22

11 And Huram made the pots, and the shovels, and the basons. And Huram finished the work that he was to make for king Solomon for the house of God; 12 To wit, the two pillars, and the pommels, and the chapiters which were on the top of the two pillars, and the two wreaths to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which were on the top of the pillars; 13 And four hundred pomegranates on the two wreaths; two rows of pomegranates on each wreath, to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which were upon the pillars.… Read the whole commentary →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study 2 Chronicles 4:20