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;
• 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,
• New Living Translation (NLT)the lampstands and their lamps of solid gold, to burn in front of the Most Holy Place as prescribed;

Context of 2 Chronicles 4:20

18Solomon made all these things in great quantities, for the weight of the bronze was not sought. 19So Solomon made all the vessels that were in the house of God: the golden altar, the tables for the bread of the Presence, the lampstands and their lamps of pure gold to burn before the inner sanctuary, as prescribed; 21the flowers, the lamps, and the tongs, of purest gold; 22the snuffers, basins, dishes for incense, and fire pans, of pure gold, and the sockets of the temple, for the inner doors to the Most Holy Place and for the doors of the nave of the temple were of gold.

2 Chronicles 4:20 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Moreover the candlesticksמְנוֹרָהmenôrâh menôrâh · lampstandH4501
• with their lampsנֵרnîyr nir nêyr nêr nêrâh · lampH5216
• that they should burnבָּעַרbâ‛ar · to burn: burnH1197
• after the mannerמִשְׁפָּטmishpâţ · justice: ruleH4941
• beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• the oracleדְּבִירdebîyr debir · hindmost chamberH1687
• of pureסָגַרsâgar · to shutH5462
• goldזָהָבzâhâb · goldH2091

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 4:20

• 2 Chronicles 4:7And he made ten golden lampstands as prescribed, and set them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north.
• Exodus 25:31"You shall make a lampstand of pure gold. The lampstand shall be made of hammered work: its base, its stem, its cups, its calyxes, and its flowers shall be of one piece with it.
• Exodus 27:20"You shall command the people of Israel that they bring to you pure beaten olive oil for the light, that a lamp may regularly be set up to burn.
• 1 Kings 6:5He also built a structure against the wall of the house, running around the walls of the house, both the nave and the inner sanctuary. And he made side chambers all around.
• 1 Kings 8:6Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the Lord to its place in the inner sanctuary of the house, in the Most Holy Place, underneath the wings of the cherubim.
• Psalms 28:2Hear the voice of my pleas for mercy, when I cry to you for help, when I lift up my hands toward your most holy sanctuary.

Topics related to 2 Chronicles 4:20

• Candlestick
• Temple

In the dictionaries

• Lamp
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• Solomon
• Genealogy
• Lamp; Lampstand

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