2 Chronicles 4:20

2 Chronicles 4:20 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Moreover the candlesticks with their lamps, that they should burn after the manner before the oracle, of pure gold;
• New International Version (NIV)the lampstands of pure gold with their lamps, to burn in front of the inner sanctuary as prescribed;
• English Standard Version (ESV)the lampstands and their lamps of pure gold to burn before the inner sanctuary, as prescribed;
• New King James Version (NKJV)the lampstands with their lamps of pure gold, to burn in the prescribed manner in front of the inner sanctuary,

Context of 2 Chronicles 4:20

18And Solomon made all these vessels in great number; for the weight of the brass was not ascertained. 19And Solomon made all the vessels that were [in] the house of God: the golden altar; and the tables whereon was the shewbread; and the candlesticks with their lamps to burn according to the ordinance before the oracle, of pure gold; 21and the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, of gold (it was perfect gold); 22and the knives, and the bowls, and the cups, and the censers, of pure gold; and the entrance of the house, the inner folding-doors thereof for the most holy place, and the doors of the house, of the temple, of gold.

2 Chronicles 4:20 word by word

וְאֶת־הַמְּנֹר֞וֹת וְנֵרֹתֵיהֶ֗ם לְבַעֲרָ֧ם כַּמִּשְׁפָּ֛ט לִפְנֵ֥י הַדְּבִ֖יר זָהָ֥ב סָגֽוּר׃Read the interlinear

• lampsנֵרnîyr nir nêyr nêr nêrâh · lampH5216
• burnבָּעַרbâ‛ar · to burn: burnH1197
• ordinanceמִשְׁפָּטmishpâţ · justice: ruleH4941
• pureסָגַרsâgar · to shutH5462
• goldזָהָבzâhâb · goldH2091

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 4:20

• 2 Chronicles 4:7And he made ten candlesticks of gold according to the ordinance respecting them, and set them in the temple, five on the right hand and five on the left.
• Exodus 25:31And thou shalt make a lamp-stand of pure gold; [of] beaten work shall the lamp-stand be made: its base and its shaft, its cups, its knobs, and its flowers shall be of the same.
• Exodus 27:20And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring thee olive oil, pure, beaten, for the light, to light the lamp continually.
• 1 Kings 6:5And against the wall of the house he built floors round about, [against] the walls of the house, round about the temple and the oracle; and he made side-chambers round about.
• 1 Kings 8:6And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of Jehovah to its place, into the oracle of the house, into the most holy place, under the wings of the cherubim;
• Psalms 28:2Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward the oracle of thy holiness.

Topics related to 2 Chronicles 4:20

• Candlestick
• Temple

In the dictionaries

• Lamp
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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