1 Chronicles 28:15

1 Chronicles 28:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Even the weight for the candlesticks of gold, and for their lamps of gold, by weight for every candlestick, and for the lamps thereof: and for the candlesticks of silver by weight, both for the candlestick, and also for the lamps thereof, according to the use of every candlestick.
• New International Version (NIV)the weight of gold for the gold lampstands and their lamps, with the weight for each lampstand and its lamps; and the weight of silver for each silver lampstand and its lamps, according to the use of each lampstand;
• English Standard Version (ESV)the weight of the golden lampstands and their lamps, the weight of gold for each lampstand and its lamps, the weight of silver for a lampstand and its lamps, according to the use of each lampstand in the service,
• New King James Version (NKJV)the weight for the lampstands of gold, and their lamps of gold, by weight for each lampstand and its lamps; for the lampstands of silver by weight, for the lampstand and its lamps, according to the use of each lampstand.

Context of 1 Chronicles 28:15

13He gave him the regulations for the divisions of priests and Levites, for all the assigned responsibilities within the Lord’s temple, and for all the items used in the service of the Lord’s temple. 14He gave him the prescribed weight for all the gold items to be used in various types of service in the Lord’s temple, for all the silver items to be used in various types of service, for the gold lampstands and their gold lamps, including the weight of each lampstand and its lamps, for the silver lampstands, including the weight of each lampstand and its lamps, according to the prescribed use of each lampstand, 16for the gold used in the display tables, including the amount to be used in each table, for the silver to be used in the silver tables, 17for the pure gold used for the meat forks, bowls, and jars, for the small gold bowls, including the weight for each bowl, for the small silver bowls, including the weight for each bowl,

1 Chronicles 28:15 word by word

וּמִשְׁקָ֞ל לִמְנֹר֣וֹת הַזָּהָ֗ב וְנֵרֹֽתֵיהֶם֙ זָהָ֔ב בְּמִשְׁקַל־מְנוֹרָ֥ה וּמְנוֹרָ֖ה וְנֵרֹתֶ֑יהָ וְלִמְנֹר֨וֹת הַכֶּ֤סֶף בְּמִשְׁקָל֙ לִמְנוֹרָ֣ה וְנֵרֹתֶ֔יהָ כַּעֲבוֹדַ֖ת מְנוֹרָ֥ה וּמְנוֹרָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Even the weightמִשְׁקָלmishqâl · weightH4948
• for the candlesticksמְנוֹרָהmenôrâh menôrâh · lampstandH4501
• of goldזָהָבzâhâb · goldH2091
• and for their lampsנֵרnîyr nir nêyr nêr nêrâh · lampH5216
• of silverכֶּ֫סֶףkeseph · silver: moneyH3701
• thereof, according to the useעֲבֹדָה‛ăbôdâh ‛ăbôdâh · service: ministryH5656

Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 28:15

• Exodus 25:31“You are to make a lampstand of pure gold. The lampstand is to be made of hammered metal; its base and its shaft, its cups, its buds, and its blossoms are to be from the same piece.
• 1 Kings 7:19The tops of the two pillars in the porch were shaped like lilies and were six feet high.
• 2 Chronicles 4:7He made ten gold lampstands according to specifications and put them in the temple, five on the right and five on the left.
• Zechariah 4:2He asked me, “What do you see?” I replied, “I see a menorah of pure gold with a receptacle at the top and seven lamps, with fourteen pipes going to the lamps.
• Revelation 1:12I turned to see whose voice was speaking to me, and when I did so, I saw seven golden lampstands,
• Revelation 2:1“To the angel of the church in Ephesus, write the following: “This is the solemn pronouncement of the one who has a firm grasp on the seven stars in his right hand – the one who walks among the seven golden lampstands:

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 28:15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15For the candlesticks - There was but one chandelier in the tabernacle; there were ten in the temple. See 1 Kings 7:49.Read the comment
• 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
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 15-1615-16. the candlesticks of silver--Solomon made them all of gold--in this and a few minor particulars departing from the letter of his father's instructions, where he had the means of executing them in a more splendid style. There was only one candlestick and one table in the tabernacle, but ten in the temple.Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Chronicles 28:15

• Candlestick
• Revelation
• Temple

In the dictionaries

• Chronicles, Books of
• David
• Adonijah
• Chronicles, Books of
• Constant; Constantly
• Gold
• Nathan (1)
• Temple
• Psalms, Book of

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