2 Chronicles 4:20

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

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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

19Solomon made all the vessels that were in God's house, the golden altar also, and the tables with the show bread on them;

21and the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, of gold, and that perfect gold;

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Cross References

Exodus 25:31"You shall make a menorah of pure gold. Of hammered work shall the menorah be made, even its base, its shaft, its cups, its buds, and its flowers, shall be of one piece with it.

Exodus 27:20"You shall command the children of Israel, that they bring to you pure olive oil beaten for the light, to cause a lamp to burn continually.

1 Kings 6:16He built twenty cubits on the hinder part of the house with boards of cedar from the floor to the ceiling: he built them for it within, for an oracle, even for the most holy place.

2 Chronicles 4:7He made the ten lampstands of gold according to the ordinance concerning them; and he set them in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the left.

Psalms 28:2Hear the voice of my petitions, when I cry to you,when I lift up my hands toward your Most Holy Place.

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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