2 Chronicles 4:8

2 Chronicles 4:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)He made also ten tables, and placed them in the temple, five on the right side, and five on the left. And he made an hundred basons of gold.
• New International Version (NIV)He made ten tables and placed them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north. He also made a hundred gold sprinkling bowls.
• English Standard Version (ESV)He also made ten tables and placed them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north. And he made a hundred basins of gold.
• New King James Version (NKJV)He also made ten tables, and placed them in the temple, five on the right side and five on the left. And he made one hundred bowls of gold.

Context of 2 Chronicles 4:8

6He also made ten [portable] basins in which to wash, and he put five on the right (south) side and five on the left (north). They would rinse things for the burnt offering in them, but the Sea was for the priests to wash in. 7And he made ten golden lampstands just as directed and set them in the temple, five on the right side and five on the left. He made also ten tables and placed them in the temple, five on the right side and five on the left side, and he made a hundred [ceremonial] basins of gold. 9Moreover, he made the courtyard of the priests, and the great courtyard [for the people] and doors for the courtyard, and he overlaid their doors with bronze. 10He set the Sea on the right side at the southeast corner [of the house].

2 Chronicles 4:8 word by word

וַיַּ֣עַשׂ שֻׁלְחָנוֹת֮ עֲשָׂרָה֒ וַיַּנַּח֙ בַּֽהֵיכָ֔ל חֲמִשָּׁ֥ה מִיָּמִ֖ין וַחֲמִשָּׁ֣ה מִשְּׂמֹ֑אול וַיַּ֛עַשׂ מִזְרְקֵ֥י זָהָ֖ב מֵאָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• He madeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• also tenעֶשֶׂר‛eώer ‛ăώârâh · tenH6235
• tablesשֻׁלְחָןshûlchân · tableH7979
• and placedיָנַחyânach · to restH3240
• in the templeהֵיכָלhêykâl · templeH1964
• fiveחָמֵשׁchâmêsh chămishshâh · fiveH2568
• on the right sideיָמִיןyâmîyn · right: southH3225
• on the leftשְׂמֹאלώemô'l ώem'ôl · left: northH8040
• an hundredמֵאָהmê'âh mê'yâh · hundredH3967
• basonsמִזְרָקmizrâq · bowlH4219
• of goldזָהָבzâhâb · goldH2091

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 4:8

• Exodus 25:23“You shall make a table of acacia wood, two cubits long, one cubit wide, and one and a half cubits high.
• Exodus 37:10Bezalel made the table [for the bread] of acacia wood; it was two cubits long, a cubit wide, and one and a half cubits high.
• 1 Kings 7:48Solomon made all the [other] furniture which was in the house of the Lord: the [incense] altar of gold; the table of gold on which was the bread of the Presence;
• Isaiah 25:6On this mountain [Zion] the Lord of hosts will prepare a lavish banquet for all peoples [to welcome His reign on earth], A banquet of aged wines—choice pieces [flavored] with marrow, Of refined, aged wines.
• Ezekiel 44:16“They shall enter into My sanctuary; and they shall come near to My table to minister to Me and they shall perform [the priestly] duty to me.
• Malachi 1:12“But you [priests] profane it when you say, ‘The table of the Lord is defiled, and as for its fruit, its food is to be despised.’
• 1 Corinthians 10:21You cannot drink [both] the Lord’s cup and the cup of demons. You cannot share in both the Lord’s table and the table of demons [thereby becoming partners with them].
• Jeremiah 52:18They also took away the pots [for carrying away ashes] and the shovels and the snuffers and the bowls and the spoons and all the bronze articles used in the temple service.
• Zechariah 14:20In that day there will be written on the little bells on the horses, “HOLY TO THE Lord.” And the cooking pots in the Lord’s house will be [holy to the Lord] like the bowls before the altar.

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 4:8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8A hundred basons of gold - These were doubtless a sort of paterae or sacrificial spoons, with which they made libations.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8The number of the tables (see 2 Chronicles 4:19) and of the basins, is additional to the information contained in Kings.Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Chronicles 4:8

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• Basin
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• Genealogy
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• Shewbread, Table of
• Temple

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings