2 Chronicles 4:20
and the candlesticks, and their lamps, for their burning according to the ordinance, before the oracle, of gold refined;
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
21and the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs of gold — it [is] the perfection of gold;
Cross References
Exodus 25:31'And thou hast made a candlestick of pure gold, of beaten work is the candlestick made; its base, and its branch, its calyxes, its knops, and its flowers are of the same;
Exodus 27:20'And thou — thou dost command the sons of Israel, and they bring unto thee pure beaten olive oil for the light, to cause the lamp to go up continually;
1 Kings 6:16And he buildeth the twenty cubits on the sides of the house with ribs of cedar, from the floor unto the walls; and he buildeth for it within, for the oracle, for the holy of holies.
2 Chronicles 4:7And he maketh the ten candlesticks of gold, according to their ordinance, and placeth in the temple, five on the right, and five on the left.
Psalms 28:2Hear the voice of my supplications, In my crying unto Thee, In my lifting up my hands toward thy holy oracle.
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 →