2 Chronicles 4:21

the pure gold decorations that resembled flowers, and the lamps and tongs,

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

And the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, made he of gold, and that perfect gold;

In Context

20the pure gold lampstands and the pure gold lamps, in which the priests put oil to burn in front of the Most Holy Place as God had told Moses that the priests should do,

22the pure gold wick trimmers and bowls for sprinkling, and dishes and lamp snuffers, the gold doors of the temple and the doors to the main hall.

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Cross References

Exodus 25:38Tell them to make tongs from pure gold, to remove the burned wicks and trays in which to put the burned wicks.

1 Kings 6:18The cedar boards on the walls inside the temple were decorated with carvings of gourds and flowers. The walls were completely covered with cedar boards, with the result that the stones of the walls behind them could not be seen.

1 Kings 6:35The doors were also decorated with wood carvings of winged creatures, palm trees, and flowers, and they were also covered evenly with very thin sheets of gold.

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 →

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