God’s Word Translation
1 Chronicles 28:17
17the pure gold for the forks, bowls, and pitchers, the weight of each gold bowl, the weight of each silver bowl,
1 Chronicles 28:17 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Also pure gold for the fleshhooks, and the bowls, and the cups: and for the golden basons he gave gold by weight for every bason; and likewise silver by weight for every bason of silver:
- New International Version (NIV)the weight of pure gold for the forks, sprinkling bowls and pitchers; the weight of gold for each gold dish; the weight of silver for each silver dish;
- English Standard Version (ESV)and pure gold for the forks, the basins and the cups; for the golden bowls and the weight of each; for the silver bowls and the weight of each;
- New King James Version (NKJV)also pure gold for the forks, the basins, the pitchers of pure gold, and the golden bowls—he gave gold by weight for every bowl; and for the silver bowls, silver by weight for every bowl;
Context of 1 Chronicles 28:17
15the weight of the gold lamp stands and their gold lamps (⌞that is,⌟ the weight of gold for each lamp stand and its lamps), the weight of silver for each silver lamp stand and its lamps (according to the use of each lamp stand for worship), 16the weight of gold for each table with the rows of bread, and the silver for the silver tables, the pure gold for the forks, bowls, and pitchers, the weight of each gold bowl, the weight of each silver bowl, 18and the refined gold for the altar of incense. He also gave Solomon the plans for the chariot, that is, the gold angels with their wings spread to cover the ark of the Lord’s promise. 19⌞David said,⌟ “All this was written for me by the Lord’s hand. He made all the details of the plan clear to me.”
Read all of 1 Chronicles 281 Chronicles 28:17 word by word
וְהַמִּזְלָג֧וֹת וְהַמִּזְרָק֛וֹת וְהַקְּשָׂוֹ֖ת זָהָ֣ב טָה֑וֹר וְלִכְפוֹרֵ֨י הַזָּהָ֤ב בְּמִשְׁקָל֙ לִכְפ֣וֹר וּכְפ֔וֹר וְלִכְפוֹרֵ֥י הַכֶּ֛סֶף בְּמִשְׁקָ֖ל לִכְפ֥וֹר וּכְפֽוֹר׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Also pureטָהוֹרţâhôr ţâhôr · pureH2889
- goldזָהָבzâhâb · goldH2091
- for the fleshhooksמִזְלָגָהmazlêg mizlâgâh · forkH4207
- and the bowlsמִזְרָקmizrâq · bowlH4219
- and the cupsקַשְׂוָהqâώâh qaώvâh · jugH7184
- basonsכְּפוֹרkephôr · bowlH3713
- by weightמִשְׁקָלmishqâl · weightH4948
- of silverכֶּ֫סֶףkeseph · silver: moneyH3701
Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 28:17
- 1 Samuel 2:13Now, this was how the priests dealt with the people who were offering sacrifices: While the meat was boiling, the priest’s servant would come with a three-pronged fork in his hand.
- 2 Chronicles 4:20lamp stands and lamps of pure gold (to burn as directed in front of the inner room),
- Numbers 7:13He brought a silver plate that weighed 3¼ pounds and a silver bowl that weighed 1¾ pounds, using the standard weight of the holy place. Each dish was filled with flour mixed with olive oil as a grain offering.
- 1 Kings 7:48Solomon made all the furnishings for the Lord’s temple: the gold altar, the gold table on which the bread of the presence was placed,
- 1 Kings 10:21All King Solomon’s cups were gold, and all the utensils for the hall ⌞which he called⌟ the Forest of Lebanon were fine gold. (Nothing was silver, because it wasn’t considered valuable in Solomon’s time.)
Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 28:17
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-21Verses 11-21 The temple must be a sacred thing, and a type of Christ; it must be framed by Divine teaching. Christ is the true temple, the church is the gospel temple, and heaven the everlasting temple; all are framed according to the Divine counsels, and the plan laid in the Divine wisdom, ordained before the world, for God's glory and our good. David gave this pattern to Solomon, that he might go by rule. Materials were provided for the most costly…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14-18This list of vessels validated each item in the temple by detailing what God had told David about them.Read the comment
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Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 28
- 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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