2 Chronicles 4:20

and the lamp-holders and their lamps, that they should burn according to the regulation before the shrine, of purified gold;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

19Yea Solomon made all the utensils which were for the house of God,—and the altar of gold, and the tables, whereon was the Presence-bread;

21and the blossom-work, and the lamps, and the tongs, of gold,—the same, was the purest gold;

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Cross References

Exodus 25:31And thou shalt make a lampstand of pure gold, of beaten work, shall the lampstand be made, even its base and its shaft its cups, its apples, and its blossoms of the same, shall be:

Exodus 27:20Thou thyself, therefore, shalt command the sons of Israel that they bring unto thee—pure, beaten olive-oil, for giving light,—that the lamp may lift up its flame continually.

1 Kings 6:16And he built twenty cubits, at the hinder part of the house, with boards of cedar, from the floor as far as the cross-beams,—and he built it within, for a shrine, even for the holy of holies;

2 Chronicles 4:7And he made ten lampstands of gold according to the regulation thereof,—and set in the temple, five, on the right hand, and, five, on the left.

Psalms 28:2Hear the voice of my supplication, when I cry to thee for help, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy shrine.

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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