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2 Chronicles 4:7
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.
2 Chronicles 4:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And he made ten candlesticks of gold according to their form, and set them in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the left.
- New International Version (NIV)He made ten gold lampstands according to the specifications for them and placed them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And he made ten golden lampstands as prescribed, and set them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And he made ten lampstands of gold according to their design, and set them in the temple, five on the right side and five on the left.
Context of 2 Chronicles 4:7
5And its thickness was a hand-breadth, and its brim like the work of the brim of a cup, with lily-blossoms; in capacity it held three thousand baths. 6And he made ten lavers, and put five on the right and five on the left, to wash in them: they rinsed in them what they prepared for the burnt-offering; and the sea was for the priests to wash in. And 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. 8And he made ten tables, and placed them in the temple, five on the right hand and five on the left. And he made a hundred golden bowls. 9And he made the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors thereof with bronze.
Read all of 2 Chronicles 42 Chronicles 4:7 word by word
וַ֠יַּעַשׂ אֶת־מְנֹר֧וֹת הַזָּהָ֛ב עֶ֖שֶׂר כְּמִשְׁפָּטָ֑ם וַיִּתֵּן֙ בַּֽהֵיכָ֔ל חָמֵ֥שׁ מִיָּמִ֖ין וְחָמֵ֥שׁ מִשְּׂמֹֽאול׃ סRead the interlinear
Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 4:7
- 1 Kings 7:49and the candlesticks of pure gold, five on the right, and five on the left, before the oracle; and the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs of gold,
- 1 Chronicles 28:15and the weight of the golden candlesticks, and of their golden lamps, by weight for every candlestick, and for its lamps; and for the silver candlesticks, by weight, for the candlestick and for its lamps, according to the use of every candlestick;
- Zechariah 4:2And he said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I see, and behold, a lamp-stand all of gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and its seven lamps thereon, seven [lamps] and seven pipes to the lamps, which are upon the top thereof;
- Matthew 5:14Ye are the light of the world: a city situated on the top of a mountain cannot be hid.
- John 8:12Again therefore Jesus spoke to them, saying, I am the light of the world; he that follows me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
- Revelation 1:20The mystery of the seven stars which thou hast seen on my right hand, and the seven golden lamps. — The seven stars are angels of the seven assemblies; and the seven lamps are seven assemblies.
- 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.
- 1 Chronicles 28:12and the pattern of all that he had by the Spirit, of the courts of the house of Jehovah, and of all the chambers round about, for the treasuries of the house of God, and for the treasuries of the dedicated things;
- Hebrews 8:5(who serve the representation and shadow of heavenly things, according as Moses was oracularly told [when] about to make the tabernacle; for See, saith He, that thou make all things according to the pattern which has been shewn to thee in the mountain.)
Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 4:7
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7According to their form - Rather, “after their manner” (compare 2 Chronicles 4:20). There is no allusion to the shape of the candlesticks, which were made, no doubt, after the pattern of the original candlestick of Moses.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7The seven lights on each of the ten gold lampstands might have represented the Pleiades. This is a cluster of stars symbolized by seven dots in ancient Mesopotamia (compare Job 9:9; 38:31; Amos 5:8).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. ten candlesticks--(See on 1Ki 7:49). The increased number was not only in conformity with the characteristic splendor of the edifice, but also a standing emblem to the Hebrews, that the growing light of the word was necessary to counteract the growing darkness in the world [Lightfoot].Read the comment
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- 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
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