God’s Word Translation
2 Chronicles 4:8
8He made ten tables and put them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north side. And he made 100 gold bowls.
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.
- English Standard Version (ESV)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.
- 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.
Context of 2 Chronicles 4:8
6Huram also made ten basins for washing and put five on the south side and five on the north side. The priests rinsed the meat prepared for the burnt offerings in them. They used the pool to wash themselves. 7Huram made ten gold lamp stands according to their specifications and put them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north side. He made ten tables and put them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north side. And he made 100 gold bowls. 9He also made the priests’ courtyard and the large courtyard and its doors. He covered the doors with bronze. 10He set the pool on the south side in the southeast ⌞corner⌟.
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“Make a table of acacia wood 36 inches long, 18 inches wide, and 27 inches high.
- Exodus 37:10He made the table out of acacia wood 36 inches long, 18 inches wide, and 27 inches high.
- 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,
- Isaiah 25:6On this mountain the Lord of Armies will prepare for all people a feast with the best foods, a banquet with aged wines, with the best foods and the finest wines.
- Ezekiel 44:16They may enter my holy place, come near my table to serve me, and take care of everything I gave them.
- Malachi 1:12“But you dishonor it when you say that the Lord’s table may be contaminated and that its food may be despised.
- 1 Corinthians 10:21You cannot drink the Lord’s cup and the cup of demons. You cannot participate at the table of the Lord and at the table of demons.
- Jeremiah 52:18They took the pots, shovels, snuffers, bowls, dishes, and all the bronze utensils used in the temple service.
- Zechariah 14:20On that day “Holy to the Lord” will be written on the bells of the horses. And the cooking pots in the house of the Lord will be like the bowls in front of 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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