English Standard Version
2 Chronicles 4:8
8He 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.
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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)He also built ten tables and placed them in the Temple, five along the south wall and five along the north wall. Then he molded 100 gold basins.
Context of 2 Chronicles 4:8
6He also made ten basins in which to wash, and set five on the south side, and five on the north side. In these they were to rinse off what was used for the burnt offering, and the sea was for the priests to wash in. 7And he made ten golden lampstands as prescribed, and set them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north. 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. 9He made the court of the priests and the great court and doors for the court and overlaid their doors with bronze. 10And he set the sea at the southeast corner of the house.
Read all of 2 Chronicles 42 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 shall be its length, a cubit its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height.
- Exodus 37:10He also made the table of acacia wood. Two cubits was its length, a cubit its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height.
- 1 Kings 7:48So Solomon made all the vessels that were in the house of the Lord: the golden altar, the golden table for the bread of the Presence,
- Isaiah 25:6On this mountain the Lord of hosts will make for all peoples a feast of rich food, a feast of well-aged wine, of rich food full of marrow, of aged wine well refined.
- Ezekiel 44:16They shall enter my sanctuary, and they shall approach my table, to minister to me, and they shall keep my charge.
- Malachi 1:12But you profane it when you say that the Lord's table is polluted, and its fruit, that is, its food may be despised.
- 1 Corinthians 10:21You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You cannot partake of the table of the Lord and the table of demons.
- Jeremiah 52:18And they took away the pots and the shovels and the snuffers and the basins and the dishes for incense and all the vessels of bronze used in the temple service;
- Zechariah 14:20And on that day there shall be inscribed on the bells of the horses, "Holy to the Lord." And the pots in the house of the Lord shall be as 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
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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
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